Midnight in Death
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Midnight in Death is a novella by J.D. Robb
J.D. Robb
J.D. Robb was a composer of electronic and classical music....

. It is the first In Death
In Death
The …in Death series of novels, written by Nora Roberts under her pseudonym J. D. Robb, features NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her husband Roarke and is set in a mid-21st century New York City. The stories also regularly feature other characters, including Captain Ryan Feeney, Detective Delia...

 novella, along with the shortest. It takes place between Holiday in Death and Conspiracy in Death
Conspiracy in Death
Conspiracy in Death is a novel by J. D. Robb. It is the ninth novel in the In Death series, preceding Loyalty in Death.-Plot summary:...

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Plot summary

Eve Dallas
Eve Dallas
Eve Dallas is the main character of the In Death series, a futuristic romance-mystery series by J.D. Robb, pseudonym for author Nora Roberts.- Character Basis :...

, and her husband Roarke
Roarke
Roarke is a fictional character from the series In Death. He is the husband of Lt. Eve Dallas and together, they are the main characters of the futuristic romance-mystery series by J.D. Robb, pseudonym for NY Times best-selling author Nora Roberts...

's first Christmas together is interrupted when she and her aide, Delia Peabody are called to the murder scene of Judge Harold Wainger. The Judge has been found naked, strangled, tortured, and kept alive as long as possible. Words are burned to his chest, reading Judge Not, Lest You Be Judged. A note, draped on him like a loin cloth, reads

Judge Harold Wagner
P.A. Stephanie Ring
Public Defender Carl Neissan
Justine Polinsky
Dr. Charlotte Mira
Lt. Eve Dallas

Dallas instantly recognises this as the work of a man named David Palmer, a serial killer, who Dallas had thrown in prison. Palmer was infamous for kidnapping women, and performing "experiments" on them, before strangling them. He was eventually captured by Dallas, and all of the people in his list are people who helped put him in prison. On December the 19, Palmer escaped, and neither Dallas, nor her commander was aware.

Soon, two more people are dead, and Palmer has kidnapped Dr. Mira. Dallas must find Palmer, before he tires of Mira, and decides to end his experiment.
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