Midnight in Death/Interlude in Death: In Death

Revenge, courage and murky pasts collide in these two J. D. Robb short stories
Midnight in Death
Eve's name has made a Christmas list, but it's not for being naughty or nice. It's for putting a serial killer behind bars. Now he's escaped and has her in his sights.
With her husband, Roarke, at her side, Eve must stop this madman from exacting his bloody revenge - or die trying . . .
Interlude in Death
When respected Commander Skinner offers Lieutenant Eve Dallas a promotion if she'll give her husband Roarke up to custody, she reacts badly. Roarke's Irish past is murky, but he's a changed man - so what is the Commander after?
With Eve and Skinner at one of Roarke's holiday resorts for a police convention, Skinner's thwarted vengeance soon brings death to their luxury surroundings . . .
'Gut-searing emotional drama' David Baldacci

Whether she writes as J.D. Robb or under her own name, I love Nora Roberts. She is a woman who just doesn't know how to tell a bad story
J.D. Robb's novels are can't miss pleasures
Anchored by terrific characters, sudden twists that spin the whole narrative on a dime, and a thrills-to-chills ratio that will raise hairs of even the most jaded reader, the J.D. Robb books are the epitome of great popular fiction
Gut-searing emotional drama