Abandoned in Death -- J. D. Robb, Hardcover

Homicide detective Eve Dallas must untangle a twisted family history while a hostage's life hangs in the balance--in Abandoned in Death by New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb.

The woman's body was found in the early morning, on a bench in a New York City playground. She was clean, her hair neatly arranged, her makeup carefully applied. But other things were very wrong--like the tattoo and piercings, clearly new. The clothes, decades out of date. The fatal wound hidden beneath a ribbon around her neck. And the note: Bad Mommy, written in crayon as if by a child.

Eve Dallas turns to the department's top profiler, who confirms what seems obvious to Eve: They're dealing with a killer whose childhood involved some sort of trauma--a situation Eve is all too familiar with herself. Yet the clues suggest a perpetrator who'd be roughly sixty years old, and there are no records of old crimes with a similar MO. What was the trigger that apparently reopened such an old wound and sent someone over the edge?

When Eve discovers that other young women--who physically resemble the first victim--have vanished, the clock starts ticking louder. But to solve this case she will need to find her way into a hidden place of dim light and concrete, into the distant past, and into the cold depths of a shattered mind.

Author: J. D. Robb
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 02/08/2022
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781250278210

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/01/2021 pg. 2
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2021
Publishers Weekly 12/13/2021
Booklist 01/01/2022 pg. 38
Shelf Awareness 02/22/2022