| Promises in Death | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | J. D. Robb |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | in Death |
| Genre(s) | Crime novel |
| Publisher | The Penguin Group |
| Publication date | August 2009 (paperback) |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 338 pp (paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-0-425-22894-4 (paperback) |
| Preceded by | Salvation in Death |
| Followed by | Kindred in Death |
Promises in Death (2009) is a novel by J. D. Robb. It is the 28th novel in the In Death series.
On being called in to investigate a dead body, NYPSD homicide detectives Eve Dallas and Delia Peabody discover that the woman is a fellow officer, Detective Amaryllis Coltraine, who worked out of another precinct. To add to the emotion of the case, Coltraine was the lover of Li Morris, the Chief Medical Examiner and a good friend of Eve and Peabody. Coltraine was shot with her own police stunner; it also appears that she may have known her killer.
Initial evidence suggests that the kill may have been ordered by Amaryllis' former lover from Atlanta, Georgia, the son of a man that Dallas and Roarke had put in a cage for murder some months before. The suspect's reactions, however, as well as Roarke's impressions from a private discussion they have, tend to steer the blame away from him. Eve is beginning to sense that the killer may have been one of the detectives Coltraine worked with at her precinct.
A humorous minor subplot revolves around Eve's performing another duty of friendship she has never tackled before: hosting a wedding shower for Louise Dimatto, who is marrying former "licensed companion" Charles Monroe. The shower goes on in Eve's home during the investigation; not only do we see Eve coping with a fresh aspect of life she has never had an opportunity to experience due to her childhood, but one of the guests helps put the finger on the murderer.