''Promises in Death'' (2009) is a novel by
J. D. Robb
Nora Roberts (born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950) is an American author of more than 225 romance novels. She writes as J. D. Robb for the ''in Death'' series and has also written under the pseudonyms Jill March and for publication ...
. It is the 28th novel in the
In Death series.
Plot summary
On being called in to investigate a dead body, NYPSD homicide detectives
Eve Dallas and
Delia Peabody discover that the woman is a fellow officer, Detective Amaryllis Coltraine, who worked out of another precinct. To add to the emotion of the case, Coltraine was the lover of
Li Morris, the Chief Medical Examiner and a good friend of Eve and Peabody. Coltraine was shot with her own police stunner; it also appears that she may have known her killer.
Meanwhile, Eve's contact from Internal Affairs Bureau
Donald Webster
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clues her on the victim's connection with Alex Ricker
Max Ricker's son back in
Atlanta,
Georgia, from where the victim requested a transfer to New York following a fallout.
Initial evidence suggests that the kill may have been ordered by Alex Ricker. The suspect's reactions, however, as well as Roarke's impressions from a private discussion they have, tend to steer the blame away from him. Eve is beginning to sense that the killer may have been one of the detectives Coltraine worked with at her precinct.
A humorous minor subplot revolves around Eve's performing another duty of friendship she has never tackled before: hosting a
wedding shower for
Louise Dimatto, who is marrying former
"licensed companion" Charles Monroe. In the middle of the shower, Eve gets a call from dispatch informing her of the death of
Rod Sandy
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Devices
* Birch rod, made out of twigs from birch or other trees for corporal punishment
* Ceremonial rod, used to indicate a position of authority
* Connecting rod, main, couplin ...
, Alex's
Personal Assistant.
After she gets back, Eve requests
Charlotte Mira and
Cher Reo to sit in for a debrief and ends up explaining the case to all her friends which leads
Mavis to point out the killer who was the victim's partner at her precinct.
Further digging reveals the killer to be the
illegitimate daughter of
Max Ricker, who set her up to exact his revenge on Eve and Roarke for putting him in a cage.
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In Death (novel series)
2009 American novels
Novels set in New York City