Taken in Death: In Death Novella (In Death)

by J D Robb

'The evil witch killed Darcia. Henry knew it because he'd seen Darcia on the floor, and all the blood. Everything felt funny and sleepy and wrong. He knew he was under a spell. The evil witch's magic spell.'

When twins Henry and Gala are kidnapped and their nanny killed, Lieutenant Eve Dallas steps in to take control. But video footage shows what appears to be their mother arriving and leaving with the obviously drugged seven-year-olds. Something is wrong, and Eve, her husband Roarke and her brilliant team are ready to work round the clock to get the children back alive...

Set between Thankless in Death and Concealed in Death.

• ISBN10: 0751554111
• ISBN13: 9780751554113
• Publish Date: 10 September 2013
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Imprint: Piatkus Books
• Edition: Digital original
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 160
• Language: English

Reviews

[Berls]

This is one of my favorite shorts in the series. So often there's something missing for me in the short stories, but this one kept me engaged from beginning to end. I think the element of missing children did a lot for me. I love the way it plays with the story of Hansel and Gretel, drawing parallels.

I've also noticed that all the short stories seem to use a little bit of paranormal, which I enjoy. I wish the full length books would acknowledge it more, since it's obviously an element to be considered in this world. Off to the next book!