Free Audio Book : Random in Death, By J. D. Robb

Jenna’s parents had finally acquiesced, and there she was, in a New York club with her closest friends, watching the iconic band Avenue A, clutching her demo in hopes of handing it to the guitarist, Jake Kincade. Then, from the stage, Jake locks eyes with her, and grins. It’s the pinnacle of her life.

It’s the culmination of her life.

Moments later, Jake’s in the alleyway catching a breath of fresh air, and the girl from the dance floor stumbles out, ill and disoriented and deathly pallid. He attempts to assist, but it’s futile. He’s oblivious that someone in the crowd has pricked her with a needle—and when his girlfriend Nadine arrives, she knows the only remaining course of action for the girl is to summon her friend, Lieutenant Eve Dallas.

After all the individuals on the scene are interrogated, lab results reveal a lethal cocktail of substances in the victim’s body—and for an added touch of cruelty, the needle was swarming with infectious agents. Dallas hunts for a pattern: Were any boys pestering Jenna? Was she indulging in risky behavior or entangled in something dubious? But there are no clear indications why this levelheaded sixteen-year-old, fervent about her music, would be singled out.

And that unsettles Dallas. Because if Jenna wasn’t singled out, if she was merely the random, unfortunate casualty of a madman consumed by loathing, there are likely more fatalities on the horizon.