Ancient church rituals meet cutting- edge crime solving in the latest novel in the #1 New York Timesabestselling series thatas aLaw & Order: SVUain the futurea (Entertainment Weekly).

In the year 2060, sophisticated investigative tools can help catch a killer. But there are some questions even the most advanced technologies cannot answer.

Ridley Pearson has praised J. D. Robbas suspense as atauta and anerve-jangling.a Her latest thriller sets a new standard for suspense, as the priest at a Catholic funeral mass brings the chalice to his lipsaand falls over dead.

When Detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas confirms that the consecrated wine contained potassium cyanide, sheas determined to solve the murder of Father Miguel Flores, despite her discomfort with her surroundings. Itas 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. Itas all that holiness flying around at St. Christobalas that makes her uneasy.

A search of the victimas sparsely furnished room reveals littlea except for a carefully hidden religious medal with a mysterious inscription, and a couple of underlined Bible passages. The autopsy reveals more: faint scars of knife wounds, a removed tattooaand evidence of plastic surgery, suggesting that aFather Floresa may not have been the man his parishioners had thought. Now, as Eve pieces together clues that hint at gang connections and a deeply personal act of revenge, she believes sheas making progress on the case. Until a second murderain front of an even larger crowd of worshippersaknocks the whole investigation sideways. And Eve is left to figure out who committed these unholy actsaand why.

"Holy communion spells death for Fr. Miguel Flores, a popular Catholic priest in New York City's Spanish Harlem, after he swallows wine laced with cyanide during a funeral in bestseller Robb's unusually introspective 27th crime thriller to feature Lt. Eve Dallas (after Strangers in Death). The ensuing homicide investigation suggests that Flores could actually be Lino Martinez, a former member of a disbanded gang, the Soldados, suspected of two bombings before he disappeared. The death by cyanide of another religious figure, Jimmy Jay Jenkins, founder of the Church of Eternal Light, complicates matters. Are the two murders connected? Sussing out the answer to that question involves some serious digging. Dallas's husband, Roarke, and fun sidekick, Det. Delia Peabody, lend support. Robb offers a multilayered solution to several crimes that serves as yet another reminder that wolves sometimes hide in sheep's (or priest's) clothing, but justice, like faith, has no expiration date." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

"Salvation in Death" sets a new standard for suspense, as the priest at a Catholic funeral mass brings the chalice to his lipsand falls over dead. When Detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas confirms that the consecrated wine contains potassium cyanide, she's determined to find out who committed this unholy act.