Judgment in Death

J. D. Robb

Book 11 of In Death

Language: English

Publisher: Penguin

Published: Jan 1, 2000

Description:

When a cop killer cuts loose in a club called Purgatory, New York Detective Eve Dallas descends into an underground criminal hell.

'She stood in Purgatory and studied death. The blood and the gore of it, the ferocity of its glee. it had come to this place with the wilful temper of a child, full of heat and passion and careless brutality.'

n an uptown strip joint a cop is found bludgeoned to death. The weapon's a baseball bat. The motive is a mystery. It's a case of serious overkill that pushes Eve Dallas straight into overdrive. Her investigation uncovers a private club that's more than a hot spot. Purgatory's a last chance for atonement where everyone is judged. Where your ultimate fate depends on your most intimate sins. And where one cop's hidden secrets are about to plunge innocent souls into vice-ridden damnation....

SUMMARY: In this futuristic series combining mystery and suspense, police lieutenant Eve Dallas tracks down a cop killer to an underground criminal hellhole known as Purgatory. This club is the last chance for atonement--a place where one's fate depends on one's most intimate sins. By Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb.