NetGalley: Echoes in Death #44 An Eve Dallas Novel by J. D. Robb
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2/7/2017
Pages: 371
Genre: Mystery/Futuristic
Review: NetGalley, copy from publisher
As NY Lt. Eve Dallas and her billionaire husband Roarke are driving home, a young woman—dazed, naked, and bloody—suddenly stumbles out in front of their car. Roarke slams on the brakes and Eve springs into action.
Daphne Strazza is rushed to the ER, but it’s too late for her husband Dr. Anthony Strazza. A brilliant orthopedic surgeon, he now lies dead amid the wreckage of his obsessively organized town house, his three safes opened and emptied. Daphne would be a valuable witness, but in her terror and shock the only description of the perp she can offer is repeatedly calling him “the devil”...
While it emerges that Dr. Strazza was cold, controlling, and widely disliked, this is one case where the evidence doesn’t point to the spouse. So Eve and her team must get started on the legwork, interviewing everyone from dinner-party guests to professional colleagues to caterers, in a desperate race to answer some crucial questions:
What does the devil look like? And where will he show up next?
Daphne Strazza is rushed to the ER, but it’s too late for her husband Dr. Anthony Strazza. A brilliant orthopedic surgeon, he now lies dead amid the wreckage of his obsessively organized town house, his three safes opened and emptied. Daphne would be a valuable witness, but in her terror and shock the only description of the perp she can offer is repeatedly calling him “the devil”...
While it emerges that Dr. Strazza was cold, controlling, and widely disliked, this is one case where the evidence doesn’t point to the spouse. So Eve and her team must get started on the legwork, interviewing everyone from dinner-party guests to professional colleagues to caterers, in a desperate race to answer some crucial questions:
What does the devil look like? And where will he show up next?
This wasn't too bad. Although I am starting to question why it seems that Eve doesn't like to eat unless Roarke makes her something. I don't get it unless it was mentioned in the previous books. I am reading these stories out of order as I feel they can be read as a stand-alone unless I'm told otherwise.
In this one, there is a serial rapist who seems to disguise himself as a devil. He is using all the smoke and screens so he isn't identifiable, but also so the women will always remember who he is.
As you know, Eve is not going to just let this go; she is going to put her boots on the ground and get busy before he ends up doing it again.
I am sorta curious about Eve's background, as it seems that may play a small part in this one, as far as memories go. I will be reading more of this series, but not running to the library to grab them right away.
J.D. Robb is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series and the pseudonym for #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. The futuristic suspense series stars Eve Dallas, a New York City police lieutenant with a dark past. Initially conceived as a trilogy, readers clamored for more of Eve and the mysterious Roarke. Forgotten in Death (St. Martin's Press, September 2021) is the 53rd entry in the series.
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