Salvation in death : In Death series ; bk. 27
(Book)

When Detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas confirms that the consecrated wine contained potassium cyanide, sheś determined to solve the murder of Father Miguel Flores, despite her discomfort with her surroundings. Itś not the bodegas and pawnshops of East Harlem that bother her, though the neighborhood is a long way from the stone mansion she shares with her billionaire husband, Roarke. Itś all that holiness flying around at St. Christobalś that makes her uneasy. A search of the victimś sparsely furnished room reveals little -- except for a carefully hidden religious medal with a mysterious inscription, and a couple of underlined Bible passages. The autopsy reveals more: faint scars of knife wounds, a removed tattoo--and evidence of plastic surgery, suggesting that "Father Flores" may not have been the man his parishioners had thought. Now, as Eve pieces together clues that hint at gang connections and a deeply personal act of revenge, she believes sheś making progress on the case. Until a second murder--in front of an even larger crowd of worshippers--knocks the whole investigation sideways. And Eve is left to figure out who committed these unholy acts--and why.