Book #11. This installment finds Eve investigating the murder of a cop in an establishment owned by Roarke (surprise, surprise). It's an after-hours murder. Eve finds out that this cop, Taj Kohli, is moonlighting as a bartender at Purgatory. Is he working undercover? Is he a dirty cop? Why does he have a drink with someone after hours at his place of work? Obviously it was someone he knew and trusted. So why did the person brutally murder him and leave his police badge covered in blood?
Soon more cops are murdered in equally brutal ways. Their badges were also left at the scene covered in blood. Eve is waylaid after hours - and usually outside of her private home - a couple of times by Webster, who is a member of IAB and someone she briefly dated awhile back. (Webster is still hung up on her, which Roarke isn't happy about.) Webster won't tell Eve any details about the cops that were killed, but she figures out that IAB was investigating the department that these cops worked out of. The murdered cops were on a task force together, trying to take down a criminal, Max Ricker, who specialized in "illegals" (drugs). Eve thinks the murders are connected to Ricker, and that the cops were dirty cops paid off by Ricker. Fortunately for Roarke's fancy (and undetectable) electronic equipment, he is able to discover the money trails that existed.
Roarke was once connected to Ricker (in his less-legal business deal days) - and Eve finds out that Roarke actually purchased Purgatory from Ricker five years previously. Eve also discovers a connection between herself and Ricker. So she has a lot to sort through when trying to figure out what's going on. Her relationship with Roarke has some rough moments, but at the same time, they seem to be digging deeper into their relationship which shows growth.
Wendy's Rating: ****
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