Portrait in death
Robb, J. D., 1950-2012
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After a tip from a reporter, Eve Dallas finds the body of a young woman in a Delancey street dumpster. Just hours before, the news station had mysteriously received a portfolio of professional portraits of the same woman. But these photos had been taken after she had been murdered. Her face was young and pretty, lips and cheeks rosy. 'She's dead isn't she? In this picture, she's already dead'New York's top reporter is sent a glamorous portfolio - a beautiful girl in the prime of her life. But the camera lies. A closer look shows the girl's lifeless body held up by wires and clever lighting: immortalised and horrifying. As the killer plucks more young people from their lives, Lieutenant Eve Dallas tries desperately to find a link. Trusting her instincts and her billionaire husband's shady past, Eve confronts the mounting panic.But when a killer is consumed by a passionate madness, time is short . . .
Main title:
Portrait in death / J.D. Robb.
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Imprint:
London : Piatkus, 2012.
Collation:
464 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Berkley, 2003; London: Piatkus, 2004.
ISBN:
9780749957346 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
LC class:
PS3568.O243
Language:
English
Subject:
Dallas, Eve (Fictitious character) -- FictionPolicewomen -- New York (State) -- New York -- FictionDetective and mystery storiesCrimeCrime & mystery fictionFiction: general & literary"Crime & mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction"Crime & mystery: police proceduralCrime & mystery: women sleuthsThriller / suspense fictionRomantic suspenseNarrative theme: Sense of place
BRN:
1035748