Origin in Death

Origin in Death

First edition
Author	J. D. Robb
Language	English
Series	in Death
Genre	Crime novel
Publisher	The Penguin Group
Publication date	July 2005
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages	347 pp
ISBN	978-0-7499-3583-2
OCLC	59353530
Preceded by	Survivor in Death
Followed by	Memory in Death

Origin in Death (2005) is a novel by American writer J. D. Robb, ^{[1] [2]} a pseudonym for Nora Roberts. It is the twenty-second novel in the In Death series, preceding Memory in Death .

Plot summary

When Lt. Eve Dallas and Detective Delia Peabody are called to the murder scene of Dr. Wilfred B. Icove Sr., things already don't make sense. Dr. Icove was renowned as a sainted genius of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, and no one, not even his son Wilfred Icove Jr., benefits from his death. What's even stranger are the security disks that reveal a woman (with initials DNA) walking into Icove's office, killing him with a single stab in the heart and walking out again.

When Dr. Icove Jr. is killed in the same way, Eve begins looking for another mystery woman, while her husband Roarke begins investigating an organization run by the Icoves and their partner, Dr. Jonah Wilson. Soon, they uncover a secret world inside a private school of young girls and women, created by the Icoves and Wilson. A world of children by design, where people aren't born, but cloned.

References

1. "Origin in Death". Kirkus Reviews . June 1, 2005. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
2. "Origin in Death by J. D. Robb". Publishers Weekly . June 6, 2005. Retrieved November 3, 2024.