Stolen in Death
A powerful blow to Nathan Barrister’s head with a chunk of amethyst has resulted in his death, while nearby, a vault with its door slightly open holds a collection of invaluable paintings, jewelry, and other treasures. Lieutenant Eve Dallas’s husband, Roarke, who spent his youth in Ireland as a gritty thief, recognizes at least two stolen items among the collection. The scene indicates a burglar was interrupted during a theft, yet only one item appears to be missing.
It is then uncovered that the vault actually belonged to the victim’s late father, and no one in the household was aware of its existence until a recent renovation uncovered it. To safeguard the family’s reputation and business interests, they claimed to Eve that they had been seeking a discreet way to return the stolen goods and avoid police involvement. Now, however, investigators are swarming their sophisticated home, and a darker, bloodier mystery has emerged.
Nathan Barrister was widely regarded as a kind-hearted man, a generous employer, and a loving husband and father. His father, on the other hand, evidently kept secrets. It falls to Eve and her team to determine whether those secrets played a role in Nathan’s murder and whether the crime was driven by passion or revenge.
A violent death and a vault of stolen treasures has Eve Dallas struggling to solve crimes old and new in the next thriller in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.