Strangers in Death (In Death, Book 26)

Lieutenant Eve Dallas explores the hidden connections among friends and lovers, enemies and strangers in this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series.

In 2060 New York, some murders still get more attention than others, especially those in which the victim is a prominent businessman, found in his Park Avenue apartment, tied to the bed and strangled with cords of black velvet. Fortunately, homicide cop Lt. Eve Dallas s billionaire husband Roarke happens to own the prime real estate where Thomas Anders s sporting-goods firm was headquartered, giving her some help with access. Before long, she s knocking on doors or barging through them to look for the answers she needs.

But some things don t add up and everyone s alibi checks out, from the wife who was off in the tropics to the nephew who stood to inherit millions. Was this a crime of passion or a carefully planned execution? It s up to Dallas to solve a sensational case in which those who seem to be intimates sometimes guard secrets from each other and strangers may be connected in unexpected, and deadly, ways...


From the Paperback edition.