Salvation in Death
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Manufacturer: Putnam Adult
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780399155222
ISBN: 0399155228
Label: Putnam Adult
Manufacturer: Putnam Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2008-11-04
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: Putnam Adult
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Ancient church rituals meet cutting- edge crime solving in the latest novel in the #1 New York Times–bestselling series that’s “Law & Order: SVU—in the future” (Entertainment Weekly).
In the year 2060, sophisticated investigative tools can help catch a killer. But there are some questions even the most advanced technologies cannot answer.
Ridley Pearson has praised J. D. Robb’s suspense as “taut” and “nerve-jangling.” Her latest thriller sets a new standard for suspense, as the priest at a Catholic funeral mass brings the chalice to his lips—and falls over dead.
When Detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas confirms that the consecrated wine contained potassium cyanide, she’s determined to solve the murder of Father Miguel Flores, despite her discomfort with her surroundings. It’s not the bodegas and pawnshops of East Harlem that bother her, though the neighborhood is a long way from the stone mansion she shares with her billionaire husband, Roarke. It’s all that holiness flying around at St. Christobal’s that makes her uneasy.
A search of the victim’s sparsely furnished room reveals little— except for a carefully hidden religious medal with a mysterious inscription, and a couple of underlined Bible passages. The autopsy reveals more: faint scars of knife wounds, a removed tattoo—and evidence of plastic surgery, suggesting that “Father Flores” may not have been the man his parishioners had thought. Now, as Eve pieces together clues that hint at gang connections and a deeply personal act of revenge, she believes she’s making progress on the case. Until a second murder—in front of an even larger crowd of worshippers—knocks the whole investigation sideways. And Eve is left to figure out who committed these unholy acts—and why.
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Summary: Incorrect details set the wrong tone
Comment: Nora Roberts did just enough research on Catholicism to get it WRONG. She sets the tone by describing the priest during the funeral Mass--and promptly shows her ignorance. She uses the right phrases in the wrong ways, and irritated me from the start. I spent the entire book searching for her reason for writing Chapter 1 the way she did--and found none. The fact that the priest died in the middle of the Mass was actually irrelevant to the plot. It may have been an attempt to restrict the list of potential perpetrators, but it did not succeed--partly because it is only Ms. Roberts' ignorance of Catholic practices that allows her to make those (erroneous) restrictions. Ms. Roberts opened a major can of worms in the first chapter, and totally failed to address it. I find it extremely hard to believe that any priest would ever allow the removal of the consecrated Bread or Wine for laboratory testing--at least not without an argument. And then she has Eve mention "transubstantiation"--just because she can? Neither the term nor the conversation about it is relevant. Ms. Roberts really should have found a practicing Catholic to read her book before it was published, so she could have corrected her glaring errors. I own all of the In Death books and have read most of them several times but I doubt I will re-read this one.
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Summary: well received
Comment: Both the condition and timing of receiving this book were great. The Post Offfice took it's time delivering it, maybe because it was Christmas, but it was mailed the next day. I've read all Robb's other books and was looking forward to this one. I wasn't disappointed. Seemed a bit lighter than some of the others, but still good.
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Summary: Salvation in Death
Comment: Not sure if I am reviewing service or book. Service was excellent - book in excellent condition, packaged well and received promptly. As for the book - I collect every title (and I have ALL of JDRobb's) that is issued.
Love the series and am always looking for next one out.
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Summary: My Nanna loved it.
Comment: I purchased this gift as a book for a woman who is like a second mother to me. She loved it. But then she reads everything this author writes. She said she thinks this was one of the best ones yet.
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Summary: slightly disapointed
Comment: This book had little to no development. The book dragged in places. I hope that future books have something more...like a revelation or something...If I wasn't a die hard fan, and this was the first book I read by this author, it would be the last book I read by her. However, there was enough of a progression to keep me coming back for more with the hope that the next book will bring back the "I can't go to bed until I finish this book" feeling I have gotten from previous books.
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