Connections in Death

In the #1 New York Times bestselling series by J. D. Robb comes Connections in Death, a gritty and gripping new novel that follows Eve Dallas as she fights to save the innocentΓÇöand serve justice to the guiltyΓÇöon the streets of New York.
Homicide cop Eve Dallas and her billionaire husband, Roarke, are building a brand-new school and youth shelter. They know that the hard life can lead kids toward dangerous crossroads and, with this new project, they hope to nudge a few more of them onto the right path. For expert help, they hire child psychologist Dr. Rochelle PickeringΓÇöwhose own brother pulled himself out of a spiral of addiction and crime with RochelleΓÇÖs support.

Lyle is living with Rochelle while he gets his life together, and heΓÇÖs thrilled to hear about his sisterΓÇÖs new job offer. But within hours, triumph is followed by tragedy. Returning from a celebratory dinner with her boyfriend, she finds Lyle dead with a syringe in his lap, and EveΓÇÖs investigation confirms that this wasnΓÇÖt just another OD. After all his work to get clean, LyleΓÇÖs been pumped full of poisonΓÇöand a neighbor with a peephole reports seeing a scruffy, pink-haired girl fleeing the scene.

Now Eve and Roarke must venture into the gang territory where Lyle used to run, and the ugly underground world of tattoo parlors and strip joints where everyone has taken a wrong turn somewhere. They both believe in giving people a second chance. Maybe even a third or fourth. But as far as they’re concerned, whoever gave the order on Lyle Pickering’s murder has run out of chances…