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Abandoned in Death

In Death, Book 54

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Abandoned in Death

By: J. D. Robb
Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
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In this brand-new thriller in the Sunday Times best-selling series, Lieutenant Eve Dallas races to untangle a twisted family history while a hostage's life hangs in the balance.

Say goodnight, baby darling.

Three young women have gone missing. They're all pretty, mid-'20s- someone clearly has a type. But no one links their disappearances until the first - Lauren Elder - is found lying peacefully on a bench in a children's playground. She is neatly dressed with a wide black velvet ribbon covering where her neck has been precisely slit. Her hands are folded over a childish sign on which is written in black crayon - 'BAD MOMMY'.

Lt Eve Dallas and her team are brought in to investigate Lauren's murder and uncover the links to the other two women. Can they find out enough about the missing women and unmask their captor before they kill again?

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"If you're a crime fiction fan and haven't discovered them yet, welcome to the very best day of your life." (Heat Magazine)
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the book was very good and I was vey surprised by who turned out to be the Killer.
I was touched by the scene with the first victim's co- habit.
As always, I am eagerly awaiting the next Eve Dallas/Rourke book.

as always a fantastic book

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child voice was annoying, but meant to be, overall one of the better recent books

enjoyed the history scenes for context

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There are three missing, but they don't tie them together until they find the body of the first...can Eve crack the case fast enough to save the other two women?
This is a race against time that Eve takes personally... although she could never forsee just how personally this will hit them all when they finally find the perpetrator. Heartbreaking, creepy and wrong in so many ways.
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Simple yet impossibly complex

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loved this book from beginning to end author has brilliant imagination and brilliantly narrated by Susan Erickson

Brilliant story

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I’ve listened to the whole series (twice) and continue to enjoy it. I can rely on the main characters to be slowly developed while maintaining their original natures. I also find the stories enjoyable even though it’s so often the rich who commit the crimes - who knew?! I’m looking forward to the next book which has already joined my pre purchases.

In Death - reliable

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