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D. ROBB  \nNaked in Death Glory in Death Immortal in Death Rapture in Death Ceremony in Death Vengeance in Death Holiday in Death Conspiracy in Death Loyalty in Death Witness in Death Judgment in Death Betrayal in Death Seduction in Death Reunion in Death Purity in Death Portrait in Death Imitation in Death Divided in Death Visions in Death Survivor in Death Origin in Death Memory in Death Born in Death Innocent in Death Creation in Death Strangers in Death Salvation in Death Promises in Death Kindred in Death Fantasy in Death Indulgence in Death Treachery in Death New York to Dallas Celebrity in Death Delusion in Death Calculated in Death Thankless in Death Concealed in Death Festive in Death Obsession in Death Devoted in Death Brotherhood in Death  \nANTHOLOGIES  \nSilent Night  \n(with Susan Plunkett, Dee Holmes, and Claire Cross)  \nOut of This World  \n(with Laurell K. Hamilton, Susan Krinard, and Maggie Shayne)  \nRemember When  \n(with Nora Roberts)  \nBump in the Night  \n(with Mary Blayney, Ruth Ryan Langan, and Mary Kay McComas)  \nDead ofNight  \n(with Mary Blayney, Ruth Ryan Langan, and Mary Kay McComas)  \nThree in Death  \nSuite 606  \n(with Mary Blayney, Ruth Ryan Langan, and Mary Kay McComas)  \nIn Death  \nThe Lost  \n(with Patricia Gaffney, Mary Blayney, and Ruth Ryan Langan)  \nThe Other Side  \n(with Mary Blayney, Patricia Gaffney, Ruth Ryan Langan, and Mary Kay McComas)  \nTime ofDeath  \nThe Unquiet  \n(with Mary Blayney, Patricia Gaffney, Ruth Ryan Langan, and Mary Kay McComas)  \nMirror, Mirror  \n(with Mary Blayney, Elaine Fox, Mary Kay McComas, and R. C. Ryan)  \nDown the Rabbit Hole  \n(with Mary Blayney, Elaine Fox, Mary Kay McComas, and R. C. Ryan)  \nAn imprint of Penguin Random House LLC  \n375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014  \nThis book is an original publication of the Berkley Publishing Group.  \nCopyright © 2016 by Nora Roberts.  \nPenguin supports copyright. Copyright fuels creativity, encourages diverse voices, promotes free speech, and creates a vibrant culture. Thank you for buying an authorized edition of this book and for complying with copyright laws by not reproducing, scanning, or distributing any part of it in any form without permission. You are supporting writers and allowing Penguin to  \ncontinue to publish books for every reader.  \nBERKLEY® and the “B” design are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.  \nFor more information, [visit](visit penguin.com)[ ](visit penguin.com)[penguin.com](visit penguin.com).  \neBook ISBN: 978-0-698-16148-1  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nRobb, J. D., 1950–  \nBrotherhood in death / J. D. Robb.—First edition.  \npages ; cm.—(In death)  \nISBN 978-0-399-17089-8  \n1. Dallas, Eve (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Policewomen—New York (State)—New York—Fiction. I. Title.  \nPS3568.O243B76 2016  \n813' . 54—dc23  \n2015013368  \nFIRST EDITION: February 2016  \nThis is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author ’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely  \ncoincidental.  \nVersion_1  \nCONTENTS  \nTitles by J. D. Robb  \nTitle Page  \nCopyright  \nEpigraph  \nPrologue  \nChapter 1  \nChapter 2  \nChapter 3  \nChapter 4  \nChapter 5  \nChapter 6  \nChapter 7  \nChapter 8  \nChapter 9  \nChapter 10  \nChapter 11  \nChapter 12  \nChapter 13  \nChapter 14  \nChapter 15  \nChapter 16  \nChapter 17  \nChapter 18  \nChapter 19  \nChapter 20  \nChapter 21  \nChapter 22  \nAbout the Author  \nThe Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.  \n—THOMAS CARLYLE  \nJustice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes.  \n—DANIEL DEFOE  \nPROLOGUE  \nLoyalty to the dead had him traveling to SoHo in icy rain rather than heading home. At home he could have put up his feet—tired today, he admitted. 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