Cover of Seduction in Death

Seduction in Death

J.D. Robb

In Death #13

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Detective Eve Dallas hunts a cyber-seducer using date-rape drugs to kill his victims in a futuristic NYC.

Content Warnings
sexual assault (past or present)dubious consentdeath of loved oneviolence/gore

Description

Dante had been courting his victim in cyberspace for weeks before meeting her in person. A few sips of wine and a few hours later, she was dead. The murder weapon: a rare, usually undetectable date-rape drug with a street value of a quarter million dollars. Lieutenant Eve Dallas is playing and replaying the clues in her mind. The candlelight, the music, the rose petals strewn across the bed - a seduction meant for his benefit, not hers. He hadn't intended to kill her. But now that he has, he is left with only two choices: to either hole up in fear and guilt or start hunting again. . .

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