Abandoned in death / 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 The clothes, decades out of date.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." -- Dust jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250278210
- ISBN: 125027821X
- Physical Description: 356 pages ; 25 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022.
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Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) |
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Scenic Regional-Pacific | FIC ROB (Text) | 3007575362 | Fiction | Checked out | 04/26/2024 |
Scenic Regional-St. Clair | FIC ROB (Text) | 3007575354 | Fiction | Available | - |
Scenic Regional-Warrenton | FIC ROB (Text) | 3007605199 | Fiction | Available | - |
Adair County Public Library | A F Robb (Text) | 34029002613809 | Fiction | Available | - |
Albany Carnegie Public Library | FIC ROB IN DEATH-54 (Text) | 35615010053316 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Barry Lawrence - Aurora Library | M ROB (Text) | 37884103312215 | Mystery | Available | - |
Barry Lawrence - Cassville Library | M ROB (Text) | 37884103312280 | Mystery | Available | - |
Barry Lawrence - Eagle Rock Library | M ROB (Text) | 37884103312272 | Mystery | Available | - |
Barry Lawrence - Marionville Library | M ROB (Text) | 37884103312264 | Mystery | Available | - |
Barry Lawrence - Miller Library | M ROB (Text) | 37884103312256 | Mystery | Available | - |
Summary:
"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." --