Salvation In Death (In Death, 27),Used

In The Year 2060, Cuttingedge Investigative Tools Can Help Catch A Killer. But There Are Some Questions Even The Most Advanced Technologies Cannot Answer ...At The Most Solemn Moment Of A Catholic Funeral Mass, The Priest Brings The Chalice To His Lips. Seconds Later, He Is Dead On The Altar. For The Mourners Packed Into The Pews, Father Miguel Flores'S Sudden Demise Is An Unimaginable Shock. When Detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas Confirms That The Consecrated Wine Contained Enough Potassium Cyanide To Kill A Rhino, She'S Prepared To Plunge In And Find Out Why, Despite Her Discomfort With Her Surroundings. It'S Not The Bodegas And Pawnshops Of East Harlem That Bother Her, Though The Neighborhood Is A Long Way From The Stone Mansion She Shares With Her Billionaire Husband, Roarke. It'S All That Holiness Flying Around At St. Cristobal'S That Makes Her Uneasy.A Search Of The Victim'S Simple, Sparsely Furnished Room Reveals Few Personal Touches, Except For A Carefully Hidden Religious Medal With A Mysterious Inscription, And A Couple Of Underlined Bible Passages. The Autopsy Reveals Much More: Faint Scars Of Knife Wounds, A Removed Tattoo And Evidence Of Plastic Surgery Suggesting 'Father Flores' May Not Have Been The Man His Parishioners Thought. Now, As Eve Pieces Together Clues That Suggest Identity Theft, Gang Connections, And A Deeply Personal Act Of Revenge, She Hopes To Track Down Whoever Committed This Unholy Act. Until A Second Murder In Front Of An Even Larger Crowd Of Worshippers Knocks The Whole Investigation Sideways.The Way Eve Sees It, Vengeance May Be The Lord'S Business, But If There'S Going To Be Any Earthly Justice In This Case, It'S Up To Her.