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When a cop killer cuts loose in a club called Purgatory, New York Detective Eve Dallas descends into an underground criminal hell.

'She stood in Purgatory and studied death. The blood and the gore of it, the ferocity of its glee. It had come to this place with the willful temper of a... read more

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  • “Can you imagine what I wouldn't risk for you? You can't, because there's nothing. There's bloody nothing.”
    Roarke
  • “Do we take him flowers or something?" "I think not. If you did that, the shock would likely put him back in a coma." "You're such a funny guy, and so early in the morning, too.”
    Eve Dallas, Roarke
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  • Into the night, in the dark, he lay beside her, listening to her breathe. He knew the varied and sundry reasons a man would kill. But none were more fierce, none were more vital than to hold safe what he loved.
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  • “You didn’t figure the man factor. They got dicks. You can’t ever forget the dick when you’re dealing with a man.”
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  • “I’d prefer that you take your hands off my wife before I break them,” Roarke said from the doorway. “But either way works for me.”
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  • “I love you, Eve. Nothing changes that, nothing could. But Christ, you piss me off.”
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  • She’d never had anyone look at her as he did. As if nothing else and no one else existed.
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  • Men, being pigs and having the dick factor, will usually forget what they were pissed about if you lay them right.”
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  • “The dick’s connected to the ego. It’s medical fact. Or maybe it’s the other way around.” With a shrug, Mavis emptied the last of the screamers. “It’s a mystery to all womankind.
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  • “Whenever you do that, you know, like you just did, I always feel a little drunk after. I kind of like it.”
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  • “You’d have thought so, but we hadn’t even cooled off when he picked me up off the floor and carried me into bed and did it all over again.” Mira stared, rather blankly. “Does he have a particular diet? Vitamins?”
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  • He crouched down, and to her amusement, tugged up her trouser leg and slipped her weapon back into the ankle harness. “Our own variation on Cinderella.” The laugh went a long way to easing the rawness around her heart. “Well, Prince Charming, I’d ask for a lift to the ball, but how about giving me one in to work?” “My pleasure.”
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  • IAB: Internal Affairs Bureau

First Sentence edit see section history

She stood in Purgatory and studied death.

Errata edit see section history

Dr. Li Morris appears as Dr. Morse in a continuity error.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 12 of 47 in In Death. (standard series)

Preceded by Witness in Death, and followed by Betrayal in Death.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. J. D. Robb (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Susan Ericksen (Reader)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0425176304
Page Count: 368

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 2112 vol. 10 FT MEADE
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Profanity. Sexual content

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Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Naked in Death
  • Glory in Death
  • Immortal in Death
  • Rapture in Death
  • Ceremony in Death
  • Vengeance in Death

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