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In Death series volume 54.
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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 The clothes, decades out of date.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.

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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 The clothes, decades out of date.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.

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        In homicide detective Eve Dallas's futuristic New York City, a young woman lies dead on a playground bench. She has neatly brushed hair, nice clothing decades out of date, fresh but incongruous tattoos and piercings, and a note in childish script proclaiming "Bad Mommy." Now Eve must track down a killer who she suspects is sixtyish and haunted by a traumatic childhood, even as the disappearances of other young women come to light. With a 75,000-copy first printing.

        Copyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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        June 2061 is a perilous time for women in a downtown Manhattan neighborhood who happen to resemble a violent kidnapper's mother. The killer doesn't seem to be trying to hide anything except his own identity. Ten days after snatching bartender Lauren Elder from the street as she walked home, he leaves her body, carefully dressed and made up, with even the gash in her throat meticulously stitched up and beribboned, where it's sure to be found quickly, along with the chilling label "bad mommy." When Lt. Eve Dallas and Detective Delia Peabody realize that Anna Hobe, a server at a nearby karaoke bar who disappeared a week ago under similar circumstances, was probably another victim of the same perp, the clock begins ticking down even before they learn that assistant marketing manager Mary Kate Covino has gone missing as well. Dallas, Peabody, and the helpers who've made Robb's long-lived franchise even more distinctive than its futuristic setting race to find the women or identify their kidnapper before he reverts once again to the 5-year-old abandoned by his mother many years ago. The emphasis this time is on investigative procedure, forensics (beginning with the Party Girl perfume and the Toot Sweet moisturizer the murderer uses on the corpses of his victims), and the broader danger women in every generation face from men who just can't grow up. A rarity: a police procedural more deeply invested in the victims than either the killer or the police.

        COPYRIGHT(2021) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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        When a young woman’s body turns up at a Manhattan playground in bestseller Robb’s solid 54th thriller set in mid-21st-century New York (after 2021’s Forgotten in Death), Lt. Eve Dallas of the New York City Police Security Department and her team investigate. Under the victim’s folded hands is a sign written in crayon in a childish scrawl reading “Bad Mommy.” The victim’s clothing (ripped jeans and a short, spangly top), elaborate makeup, body piercings, and tattoos all seem in line with styles from the late 20th century. Other women in their 20s have also recently disappeared, and Eve and her colleagues realize they’re looking for a serial killer, and that if they don’t catch him soon, another innocent will die. Chapters that follow the police alternate with ones from the killer’s perspective that shed light on his “Bad Mommy” issue, creating some suspense. For fans, the details of Eve’s life with her sexy, supportive, and staggeringly wealthy husband Roarke, such as the renovation of their house, will be of even more interest than the somewhat stock mystery plot. This outing’s not for newcomers. Agent: Amy Berkower, Writers House.

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        The note written in crayon is Lieutenant Eve Dallas' first clue that the killer has mother issues. Left by the victim's body, the note consists of just two words, ""bad mommy."" As the NYPD crime unit processes the scene, Eve and her crew shift into investigative mode, and they later discover the victim isn't the first twentysomething woman who has disappeared in the neighborhood. Now it is a race against the clock for Eve to find a twisted murderer before another woman fails to meet the killer's maternal expectations. In the latest chilling and thrilling addition to her best-selling Eve Dallas series, Robb (Forgotten in Death, 2021) is perfectly on-brand with another cleverly constructed story that effectively blends daring suspense and dynamic plotting, all the while keeping the sexy chemistry between Eve and her husband, Roarke, as hot as ever.

        COPYRIGHT(2022) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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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...

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