Creation in death - J.D. Robb (In Death #25)

For him, death was a vocation. Killing was not merely an act, nor a means to an end. He was a maestro in the art of death. The keeper of time. The bringer of destiny…’

Lieutenant Eve Dallas keeps the streets of a near-future New York City safe in this extraordinary series. But even she makes mistakes, and is haunted by those she couldn’t save – and the killers she couldn’t capture.

When the body of a young brunette is found in a park, artfully positioned and marked by signs of prolonged and painful torture, Eve is catapulted back to nine years ago. A man the media tagged ‘The Groom’ – because he put silver rings on the fingers of his victims – had the city on edge with a killing spree that took the lives of four women in fifteen days.

But now, The Groom has returned – and Eve’s determined to stop him. Familiar with his methods, Eve knows that he has already grabbed his next victim. Time is running out on another woman’s life.

But, unbeknown to the police, The Groom is already working up to the biggest challenge of his illustrious career – abducting a woman who will test his skills on every level: Eve Dallas...