Salvation In Death: 27 (In Death, #27)

by J D Robb

A priest is conducting the funeral service for a beloved member of his congregation. But when he lifts the chalice to his lips, he dies suddenly and horribly ? poisoned by the blood of Christ. Who would want to murder a parish priest in such a way? And who could get access to the closely guarded communion wine? Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called to the scene to investigate. Although initially there seems to have been nothing out of the ordinary about the priest?s life, there is something about the situation that just doesn?t add up. And then she starts to uncover the evil lurking behind the ceremonial robes. The dead priest was not who he seemed to be ? he harboured a dark, deadly secret that could bring Eve?s own demons rushing back ...

• ISBN10: 0749908904
• ISBN13: 9780749908904
• Publish Date: 6 November 2008 (first published 1 November 2008)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 29 March 2010
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Imprint: Piatkus Books
• Format: Paperback (UK Trade)
• Pages: 368
• Language: English

Reviews

[Berls]

Loved as always. Seeing as I finished this month's ago, not a lot of specific comments. I do remember liking the way Eve struggled with the criminal being her victim element.

[mitabird]

3.5 stars

[wyvernfriend]

Not a bad instalment in the ongoing saga of Eve Dallas and Rourke. This one though seemed to somehow drift a little.

The story starts with the murder of a priest while he's conducting mass, the sacramental wine is poisoned. When Eve starts digging into his past she comes across some anomolies, including surgery. Some of her digging is somewhat stymied by the church and the investigation is complicated by another murder, again of a religious figure.

The twists and turns kept me wondering, while I did guess some of it I also found a lot of what was going on interesting.

[EBookObsessed]

Not one of her better stories in the series, but it was an intriging story.