J.D. Robb’s latest installment of the In Death series is the most thrilling one yet! All of Robb’s books in this series have a mysterious and dark tone to them, but this one felt even more so because of the focus. RANDOM IN DEATH involves a teen named Jenna who meets her death as she hits up a New York club. Eve becomes even more worried when she learns that her body was injected with infectious agents. How did this young sixteen-year-old musician end up dead? Was it a targeted attack? Or was it a random event that could endanger more people? I enjoyed this cast of characters. It felt very real and thrilling to me, especially when Robb explores the use of infectious agents. As I don’t think she has done this in the series yet, it felt new and exciting. I was really surprised that despite having 58 books already in this series, she is still able to come up with something that she’s never done before. I would recommend this book and series to any mystery or crime reader. The sci-fi elements and cast of characters are truly unique and keep me coming back for more. I don’t think there will be another cop like Eve Dallas that I think I’ll ever love more.
Detective Eve Dallas returns to investigate a deadly concert where the music is infectious — and so is the poison...
In this crime thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling J.D. Robb, a small and easily concealed weapon wreaks havoc, and the killer is just a face in the crowd.
Jenna’s parents had finally given in, and there she was, at a New York club with her best friends, watching the legendary band Avenue A, carrying her demo in hopes of slipping it to the guitarist, Jake Kincade. Then, from the stage, Jake catches her eye, and smiles. It’s the best night of her life.
It’s the last night of her life.
Minutes later, Jake’s in the alley getting some fresh air, and the girl from the dance floor comes stumbling out, sick and confused and deathly pale. He tries to help, but it’s no use. He doesn’t know that someone in the crowd has jabbed her with a needle—and when his girlfriend Nadine arrives, she knows the only thing left to do for the girl is call her friend, Lieutenant Eve Dallas.
After everyone on the scene is interviewed, lab results show a toxic mix of substances in the victim’s body—and for an extra touch of viciousness, the needle was teeming with infectious agents. Dallas searches for a pattern: Had any boys been harassing Jenna? Was she engaging in risky behavior or caught up in something shady? But there are no obvious clues why this levelheaded sixteen-year-old, passionate about her music, would be targeted.
And that worries Dallas. Because if Jenna wasn’t targeted, if she was just the random, unlucky victim of a madman consumed by hatred, there are likely more deaths to come.
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