Vengeance in Death
(Sprache: Englisch)
In this In Death novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb, Lieutenant Eve Dallas learns that when technology links the law and the lawless, predators and prey can become one and the same
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In this In Death novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb, Lieutenant Eve Dallas learns that when technology links the law and the lawless, predators and prey can become one and the same He is an expert with the latest technology...a madman with the mind of a genius and the heart of a killer. He quietly stalks his prey. Then he haunts the police with cryptic riddles about the crimes he is about to commit always solved moments too late to save his victims' lives. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas found the first victim butchered in his own home. The second lost his life in a vacant luxury apartment. The two men had little in common. Both suffered unspeakable torture before their deaths. And both had ties to an ugly secret of ten years past a secret shared by none other than Eve's new husband, Roarke.
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Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.
Romans 12:19
Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand.
Shakespeare
chapter one
The business of murder took time, patience, skill, and a tolerance for the monotonous. Lieutenant Eve Dallas had them all.
She knew the act of murder required none of these. All too often a life was taken on impulse, in rage, for amusement, or simply out of stupidity. It was the last of these, in Eve s mind, that had led one John Henry Bonning to throw one Charles Michael Renekee out a twelfth-story window on Avenue D.
She had Bonning in Interview and calculated that it would take another twenty minutes tops to shake a confession out of him, another fifteen to book him and file her report. She might just make it home on time.
Come on, Boner. It was her veteran cop talking to veteran bad guy. Level ground, her turf. Do yourself a favor. A confession, and you can go for self-defense and diminished capacity. We can tie this up by dinnertime. I hear they re serving pasta surprise in lockup tonight.
Never touched him. Bonning folded his oversized lips, tapped his long, fat fingers. Fucker jumped.
With a sigh, Eve sat down at the little metal table in Interview A. She didn t want Bonning to lawyer himself and gum up the works. All she had to do was keep him from saying those words, steer him in the direction she was already heading, and she had a wrap.
Second-rate chemi-dealers like Bonning were invariably slow-witted, but sooner or later he d whine for a representative. It was an old shuffle-and-dodge, as timeless as murder itself. As the year 2058 stumbled to an end, the business of murder remained basically unchanged.
He jumped a quick gainer out the window. Now why d he do that, Boner?
Bonning furrowed his
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ape-sized forehead into deep thought. Because he was a crazy bastard?
That s a good guess, Boner, but it s not going to qualify you for round two of our stump-the-cops sweepstakes.
It took him about thirty pondering seconds, then his lips stretched out into a grin. Funny. Pretty funny, Dallas.
Yeah, I m thinking of moonlighting as a stand-up. But, going back to my day job, the two of you were cooking up some Erotica in your porta-lab on Avenue D, and Renekee being a crazy bastard just got some hair up his ass and jumped out a window right through the glass and dived twelve stories, bounced off the roof of a Rapid Cab, scared the living shit out of a couple of tourists from Topeka in the backseat, then rolled off to leak his brains onto the street.
Sure did bounce, Bonning said with what passed for a wondering smile. Who da thought?
She didn t intend to go for murder one, and figured if she went for murder two the court-appointed rep would bargain Bonning down to manslaughter. Chemi-dealers greasing chemi-dealers didn t make Justice flip up her blindfold and grin in anticipation. He d do more time for the illegals paraphernalia than he would for the homicide. And even combining the two, it was doubtful he d do more than a three-year stretch in lockup.
She folded her arms on the table, leaned forward. Boner, do I look stupid?
Taking the question at face value, Bonning narrowed his eyes to take a careful study. She had big brown eyes, but they weren t soft. She had a pretty, wide mouth, but it didn t smile. Look like a cop, he decided.
Good answer. Don t try to hose me here, Boner. You and your business partner had a falling out, you got pissed off, and you terminated your professional and perso
That s a good guess, Boner, but it s not going to qualify you for round two of our stump-the-cops sweepstakes.
It took him about thirty pondering seconds, then his lips stretched out into a grin. Funny. Pretty funny, Dallas.
Yeah, I m thinking of moonlighting as a stand-up. But, going back to my day job, the two of you were cooking up some Erotica in your porta-lab on Avenue D, and Renekee being a crazy bastard just got some hair up his ass and jumped out a window right through the glass and dived twelve stories, bounced off the roof of a Rapid Cab, scared the living shit out of a couple of tourists from Topeka in the backseat, then rolled off to leak his brains onto the street.
Sure did bounce, Bonning said with what passed for a wondering smile. Who da thought?
She didn t intend to go for murder one, and figured if she went for murder two the court-appointed rep would bargain Bonning down to manslaughter. Chemi-dealers greasing chemi-dealers didn t make Justice flip up her blindfold and grin in anticipation. He d do more time for the illegals paraphernalia than he would for the homicide. And even combining the two, it was doubtful he d do more than a three-year stretch in lockup.
She folded her arms on the table, leaned forward. Boner, do I look stupid?
Taking the question at face value, Bonning narrowed his eyes to take a careful study. She had big brown eyes, but they weren t soft. She had a pretty, wide mouth, but it didn t smile. Look like a cop, he decided.
Good answer. Don t try to hose me here, Boner. You and your business partner had a falling out, you got pissed off, and you terminated your professional and perso
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Autoren-Porträt von J. D. Robb
J. D. Robb is the pseudonym for a #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 200 novels, including the bestselling In Death series. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: J. D. Robb
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 18 Jahre
- 2003, 384 Seiten, Masse: 10,6 x 17,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Piatkus
- ISBN-10: 0425160394
- ISBN-13: 9780425160398
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
This knockout firecracker ofa mystery succeeds on a multiplicity of levels: taut pacing, nifty plotting, superb relational development and a subtle yet revealing peek inside the soul of a man who surely counts as one of popular fiction's most fascinating enigmas. RT Book ReviewsA perfect balance of suspense, futuristic police procedure and steamy romance...truly fine entertainment. Publishers Weekly
More Praise for the In Death series
Robb is a virtuoso. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
It s Law & Order: SVU in the future. Entertainment Weekly
J. D. Robb s In Death novels are can t-miss pleasures. #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben
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. New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane
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