10 books for fans of Magpie Murders
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Desperation in Death
In Death • Book 55
by J.D. Robb
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Thirteen-year-old Dorian escapes a horrific training facility where abducted girls are broken into compliance. Eve uncovers an exploitation network that tests even her hardened detective's resolve.
★ 4.57 Goodreads (26.8K ratings) - 2
Treachery in Death
In Death • Book 32
by J.D. Robb
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What begins as a simple case of teen thugs murdering a shopkeeper exposes a network of dirty cops using their badges to run drugs and eliminate witnesses.
★ 4.48 Goodreads (33.4K ratings) - 3
Random in Death
In Death • Book 58
by J.D. Robb
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At an Avenue A concert, death strikes randomly and silently, leaving Dallas to hunt a killer who turns crowds into hunting grounds. The 58th In Death novel examines how evil hides in plain sight among innocent faces.
★ 4.46 Goodreads (27.1K ratings) - 4
Payback in Death
In Death • Book 57
by J.D. Robb
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A retired Internal Affairs captain's staged suicide exposes decades of police corruption as Dallas investigates enemies within her own department's history.
★ 4.46 Goodreads (26.0K ratings) - 5
Echoes in Death
In Death • Book 44
by J.D. Robb
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Dallas encounters a predator who breaks into homes, tortures couples, then leaves them alive to relive the nightmare. The 44th In Death novel proves Robb can still find new depths of darkness in her futuristic police procedural.
★ 4.43 Goodreads (27.8K ratings) - 6
Promises in Death
In Death • Book 28
by J.D. Robb
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A transferred Atlanta cop dies from her own gun outside her New York apartment, hitting Eve Dallas personally when the victim was dating Chief Medical Examiner Morris. Robb explores police family bonds.
★ 4.42 Goodreads (39.7K ratings) - 7
Brotherhood in Death
In Death • Book 42
by J.D. Robb
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Dennis confronts his cousin about selling their grandfather's brownstone and ends up unconscious; when he wakes, the cousin has vanished without a trace. Robb explores how family bonds can hide the deepest betrayals and darkest secrets.
★ 4.41 Goodreads (30.5K ratings) - 8
Encore in Death
In Death • Book 56
by J.D. Robb
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Broadway and Hollywood power couple's charity gala turns fatal when the host dies from cyanide poisoning, exposing decades of entertainment industry rivalries.
★ 4.40 Goodreads (25.9K ratings) - 9
Portrait in Death
In Death • Book 16
by J.D. Robb
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When a news station receives professional photos of a murder victim taken after her death, Eve Dallas realizes she's hunting a killer who believes photography captures the soul.
★ 4.39 Goodreads (42.3K ratings) - 10
Leverage in Death
In Death • Book 47
by J.D. Robb
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Eve Dallas hunts the mastermind behind a suicide bombing that killed twelve—but the bomber was just another victim in a twisted financial revenge scheme.
★ 4.39 Goodreads (24.2K ratings)