Salvation in Death拯救 英文原版

　　A search of the victim’s sparsely furnished room reveals
little— except for a carefully hidden religious medal with a
mysterious in*ion, 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. –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

　　Nora Roberts is the number-one New York Times– bestselling
author of more than 150 novels. Under the pen name J. D. Robb, she
is the author of the futuristic suspense In Death series, featuring
Lieutenant Eve Dallas and Roarke. With more than 280 million copies
of her books in print, Roberts has had more than one hundred
bestsellers on the New York Times list. –This text refers to the
Hardcover edition.

　　From Publishers Weekly
　　Holy communion spells death for Fr. Miguel Flores, a popular
Catholic priest in New York City’s Spanish Harlem, after he
swallows wine laced with cyanide during a funeral in bestseller
Robb’s unusually introspective 27th crime thriller to feature Lt.
Eve Dallas (after Strangers in Death). The ensuing homicide
investigation suggests that Flores could actually be Lino Martinez,
a former member of a disbanded gang, the Soldados, suspected of two
bombings before he disappeared. The death by cyanide of another
religious figure, Jimmy Jay Jenkins, founder of the Church of
Eternal Light, complicates matters. Are the two murders connected?
Sussing out the answer to that question involves some serious
digging. Dallas’s husband, Roarke, and fun sidekick, Det. Delia
Peabody, lend support. Robb offers a multilayered solution to
several crimes that serves as yet another reminder that wolves
sometimes hide in sheep’s (or priest’s) clothing, but justice, like
faith, has no expiration date. (Nov.)
　　Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed
Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. –This text refers to the
Hardcover edition.
　　From Booklist
　　The Eve Dallas series of near-future mysteries rolls comfortably
along in this latest installment, the twenty-ninth. The series
began in 1995 so the author can fairly be accused of cranking them
out (she’s also published a book or two under her real name, Nora
Roberts). Despite being a lesser product of the Roberts machine,
the Dallas novels have a certain charm, in a mass-produced kind of
way. The near-future setting (the mid-twenty-first century) is
nicely realized without being too excessively detailed; the
protagonist, homicide detective Dallas, is a likable and strong
character, well able to support a multivolume series; and the
cases—including this one, about a murder in an ancient church, the
aftermath of which reveals that the victim might not have been the
gentle Catholic priest his parishioners thought he was—are
imaginative and suspenseful. The dialogue is a little clumsy, and
the narrative passages sometimes seem a bit contrived, but there’s
a reason so many Dallas novels have appeared in so short a time:
they sell. So will this one. –David Pitt –This text refers to the
Hardcover edition.