Random in Death by JD Robb (2024)

Book #58, In Death Series

A beautiful teenage girl drops dead in a nightclub and the signs point to a drug overdose. Called to the scene as a matter of routine police procedure, Eve knows at once this girl is not a drug user who accidentally overdosed, but rather the victim of a very sophisticated and cruel murderer.

As she begins her investigation, Eve finds herself more emotional than usual. Learning about the young girl’s big dreams for her future, her passions and talents, touches something deep in Eve. The girl reminds her of other teenage girls with wild dreams, including herself and her best friend Mavis, along with the daughters of her friends, the students at the school her husband runs. Her rage at life cut short for no apparent reason is enormous.

When a second beautiful, hopeful teenage girl dies in the same way, Eve’s rage becomes even more terrifying. Although it seems that nothing connects these two young women, Even is certain that a link between them will be found and that it will be their bright dreams of a better future will be what connects them to a killer who wants to snuff out that hope.

Payback in Death by JD Robb (2023)

Book #57, In Death Series

After more than 3 decades as an Internal Affairs police officer, Martin Greenleaf retires to enjoy time with his family. Just a short while later he is found dead in his apartment in an apparent suicide. Lt Eve Dallas arrives at the scene to investigate at request of Martin’s family and she knows immediately this was murder.

It is not hard to imagine that Martin — whose job it was to investigate and arrest corrupt police officers — had many enemies. In fact, he made so many that Eve and her team have to look into the lives of hundreds of people to start to narrow down the list of possible suspects.

The details of the crime are so specific that Eve begins to suspect that the murder was staged not to look like just a suicide, but rather to mirror a very specific suicide…one that she is certain will link bad to a case Martin investigated during his tenure with NYPD.