In this volume of the Mortal series, Mortal Calculation , JD Robb's protagonist, Lieutenant Eve Dallas, delves into the business world of her billionaire husband Roarke to uncover the identity of a killer.
On a bitterly cold night, on the steps of a building in New York's financial district, a woman is found dead without her belongings. Most police officers would conclude the death was the result of a suspected robbery that ended in tragedy, but Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows it's murder. All that remains is to discover the motive and the perpetrator.
Wealthy Marta Dickenson doesn't seem like a likely target. She's a devoted mother, wife, and accountant. When Eve and her partner, Peabody, find blood near the body and other clues at the crime scene, the lieutenant realizes the killer is experienced, but not very professional.
When files from Marta's office are stolen and her killer begins to develop a taste for the job, Eve knows she must arrest him at any cost, even if it means playing bait. The lieutenant discovers that even a quiet job can become dangerous when people do everything they can to hide their crimes and accounting fraud. Suddenly, conducting an audit can lead to an unexpected brush with death.
The thriller "Deadly Reckoning" is part of the "Deadly Reckoning" series by J.D. Robb, the pseudonym of the famous Nora Roberts. A New York Times bestseller, "Deadly Reckoning " has sold over 415,000 copies in Brazil and is considered the most successful crime series in the world. The series can be read chronologically or in any order, as the books tell independent stories and do not require reading the previous volume to be fully understood.