Innocent in Death (In Death, #24)

by J.D. Robb

She pulled up her lab report, read off the contents of the go-cup. There was no real chocolate listed. So the killer hadn’t known about Lissette’s secret recipe.

Oh, interesting. Hmmm.

Used it every day, every working day for over a year. Why did it look brand-new?

Yep. That part is coming together.

she opened the back of her computer, reached in to where she’d taped a candy bar to the inside of the case. And it was gone.

The candy thief strikes again!

“A little old-fashioned, even exotic. And not as efficient as other options, but easier to come by if you’ve any knowledge of the science.”

So the murder was planned, timed, executed. Not impulse, not in the heat of the moment. Calculated.”

“I would say that the killer harbored this resentment, this anger, or this motive while continuing to go about his business.

“If it was a parent, I would have to say it’s one who puts his own needs and desires above that of his child. A teacher? One who sees the children as a job, as units rather than children. This was means to an end. Efficiently done, with a bare minimum of involvement.”

calculated. Times. I bet the son of a bitch practiced.”

“Oh, Mother of God.” “You two know each other, right?” Mercy babbled on. “Trina, I’m going to leave Lieutenant Dallas in your magic hands, go get her coffee.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 poor Eve!

Until his struggles stopped.

Holy shit

girl. That’s why she set up that vid.” “Set up the vid?”

Bingo!

“Kid got under my feet.”

That kid KNOWS something. She freaks me out. She could even be a part of something. Somehow. But I can't quite figure out how she fits.

But he and the nurse, who was also called to both scenes, they’re peripheral. Someone else reached the center of both these circles, undetected.”

But I keep wondering about that nurse....