Devoted In Death

Devoted In Death

In this crime thriller in the #1ew York Times?estselling series, Lieutenant?ve Dallas tracks a pair of Bonnie and Clyde copycats whose heated passion for each other is fueled by cold brutality.?hen Eve Dallas examines a fresh body in a seedy alleyway in downtown Manhattan, the victim?s injuries are so extensive that she almost misses the clue. Carved into the skin is the shape of a heart-initials inside reading ?E? and ?D?... ?In Arkansas, Ella-Loo and her recently released ex-con boyfriend, Darryl, don?t ever intend to part again. So they hit the road, but then things get a little messy and they wind up killing someone-an experience that stokes a fierce, wild desire in Ella-Loo. A desire for Darryl. And a desire to kill again. ?As they cross state lines on their way to New York to find the life they think they deserve, they leave a trail of evil behind them. But now they?ve landed in the jurisdiction of Lt. Dallas and her team at the New York Police and Security Department. And, with her husband Roarke at her side, Eve has every intention of hunting them down and giving them what they truly deserve...ReviewPraise for Devoted in Death?Robb delivers a smooth blend of violence and retribution in an entry sure to please her many fans.?-Publishers Weekly?A truly twisted version of 'romantic' love is at the heart of the latest novel from the incomparable Robb...This is another great installment in an utterly unforgettable series that never gets old. Robb is a true master of storytelling!?-RT Book ReviewsMore Praise for the In Death series ??Robb is a virtuoso.?-Seattle Post-Intelligencer ??It?sLaw & Order: SVU-in the future.?-Entertainment Weekly ?J. D. Robb?s In Death novels are can?t-miss pleasures.?-#1New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben?Anchored by terrific characters, sudden twists that spin the whole narrative on a dime, and a thrills-to-chills ration that will raise the neck hairs of even the most jaded reader, the J. D. Robb books are the epitome of great popular fiction.?-New York Times bestselling author Dennis LehaneAbout the AuthorJ. D. Robb is the pseudonym for a #1New York Times bestselling author of more than 200 novels, including the bestselling In Death series. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print.Excerpt. ?Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.Chapter One The first kill was an accident. Mostly. All they wanted was a nice car-it didn?t even have to be fancy-because their piece of shit truck shuddered, wheezed, then let out a death rattle just after they?d crossed over into Arkansas from Oklahoma. It was Ella-Loo?s idea how to go about acquiring a new ride. She?d always had ideas, and dreams along with them, and since meeting Darryl she?d come to believe those dreams would come true. She?d been working in a cowboy bar in Dry Creek, a place many who lived there considered the armpit of Oklahoma as it sat on a curve of a desolate spit of land where the Panhandle cornered into Texas. None of her dreams had come true; and, in fact, the man she?d been with-that son of a whore Cody Bates-had given her a black eye and split her lip open before he?d left her flat on the ground in front of the very bar she now worked. She knew she was made for better things than serving up beer and rotgut whiskey to cowboys and the hard-eyed women who dogged them. She was made for better than pulling in extra giving blow jobs or quick bangs in the bathroom stall or the cab of a pickup to men with beer breath and no ambitions beyond the next ride. The better walked into Rope ?N Ride one fateful night in the person of Darryl Roy James. She knew, the minute she laid eyes on him. He was the one. What had been missing. What she needed to complete all she was and could be. Later she would tell him how when he came through the fake saloon doors, light-red-gold as a sunset-had glowed around him. His bright hair had shimm