As it's February I'm confident that most of the United States (and perhaps other places around the globe) are firmly entrenched in winter. Is there a better way to spend a cold day or two than wrapped up in a comfy throw, a cup of your favorite hot beverage, and a good book? As a community of readers we know that there really is nothing better than this, so you ask what book should you read? May I suggest the newest in the In Death series...CONCEALED IN DEATH?
In this latest installment Eve is called to a building that is about to be renovated. The walls are going to be taken to the studs, and as the initial demolition begins what is found behind the walls is not what was expected. The building which once housed The Sanctuary, a home for children in need is now owned by Roarke and he intends to renovate the building, and once again turn it into a place for people in need. It's as he is doing the first strikes of the demolition ax that he discovers bodies that are so decayed all that remains is the bones. Is there any doubt that he will call Eve the one person he believes will see that the remains get the respect they deserve, and punish the culprit who put the bodies in the wall originally.
Are there more bodies to be found? Who killed these people, and then hid them in the walls of a building, and how did no one know what was housed in a building once known as The Sanctuary? These are all the questions that we as readers get to see Eve ponder and fret over.
I firmly believe Eve has been evolving as a character since New York to Dallas, and we see that evolution continuing with CONCEALED IN DEATH. Many of us don't like, but rather love the secondary characters and the very interesting byplay between Eve, and people like the intrepid reporter Nadine, or the loving Dr. Mira just to mention two of the many people Eve has depended on in the past. Who doesn't like reading the scenes with McNab and his colorful wardrobe, or Feeney dressed by his loving, (but often absent from the pages of the book) wife and in CONCEALED IN DEATH we barely see the secondary characters we as readers have come to know and love as important parts of the story.
With all this being said who doesn't like a dose of murder, and following along to see if you as a reader can solve the crime before Eve. I suggest you gather your book, your hot beverage, and your comfy throw, and engross yourself in a story that is sure to make you give your loved ones a spur of the moment phone call to check in, and an extra hug as they walk out the door, because as we learn life is precious and can change in an instant by one seemingly simple decision.
The incomparable J. D. Robb presents the latest moving and suspenseful novel in the #1 New York Timesβ bestselling Eve Dallas series. In a decrepit, long-empty New York building, Lieutenant Eve Dallasβs husband begins the demolition process by swinging a sledgehammer into a wall. When the dust clears, there are two skeletons wrapped in plastic behind it. He summons his wife immediatelyβand by the time sheβs done with the crime scene, there are twelve murders to be solved.
The place once housed a makeshift shelter for troubled teenagers, back in the mid-2040s, and Eve tracks down the people who ran it. Between their recollections and the work of the forceβs new forensic anthropologist, Eve begins to put names and faces to the remains. They are all young girls. A tattooed tough girl who dealt in illegal drugs. The runaway daughter of a pair of well-to-do doctors. They all had their stories. And they all lost their chance for a better life. Then Eve discovers a connection between the victims and someone she knows. And she grows even more determined to reveal the secrets of the place that was called The Sanctuaryβand the evil concealed in one human heart.
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