Eve has seen this crime scene before: the artfully arranged body of
a young brunette, arms spread, palms up, body marked by the signs of
prolonged and painful torture. Carved into her torso is the time it
took her to die - in hours, minutes, and seconds. And on the third
finger of her left hand has been placed a silver ring.
Eve is catapulted back to a case nine years earlier, when a man whom
the media tagged 'The Groom' put the city on edge with a killing spree
that took the lives of four women in fifteen days. Eve and her partner
Feeney, her friend and mentor, couldn’t stop him before he disappeared,
only to resurface in other parts of the world to kill and kill again.
But now The Groom seems to have come back to where he started.
When it turns out that The Groom’s most recent victim was employed
by Eve’s billionaire husband, Roarke, she brings him onto the case. A
move that proves fitting when it becomes chillingly clear that the
killer has made it personal. The corpse was washed in products from a
store Roarke owns and laid out on a sheet his company manufactures.
With the Groom’s monstrous return, Eve is determined to finish him once
and for all. Familiar with his methods, she knows that he has already
grabbed his next victim.
But his sights are set on the biggest challenge of his illustrious
career - an abduction that will test his skills and that promises to
give him satisfaction as he’s never known. Time is running out on
another woman’s life…and for Eve.
About the Author
J.D. Robb is the pseudonym for Nora Roberts, the author of nearly two hundred New York Times bestsellers, with more than 300 million copies of her books in print. She lives in Maryland.
Industry Reviews
"There's no such thing as too much Nora Roberts. Creation in Death is a complete pleasure. Wonderful!"--Robert B. Parker "All the elements of a terrific police procedural coupled with gut-searing drama and in-your-face characters."--David Baldacci
"J.D. Robb's In Death novels are can't-miss pleasures."--Harlan Coben
"Creation in Death is an authentic page turner, with Eve Dallas--tough as nails and still sexy as hell--pitted against one of the year's creepiest villains."--Stephen King
"Anchored by terrific characters, sudden twists that spin the whole narrative on a dime, and a thrills-to-chills ration that will raise the neck hairs of even the most jaded reader, the J.D. Robb books are the epitome of great popular fiction."--Dennis Lehane
"A taut, nerve jangling thriller."--Ridley Pearson
More Praise for the In Death series
"Robb is a virtuoso."--Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"It's Law & Order: SVU--in the future."--Entertainment Weekly