In Death · Book 5

Ceremony in Death

Published
1 January 1997
Pages
333
ISBN-13
9781423313724
Type
novel
Cover of Ceremony in Death

About this book

Ceremony in Death sits as the 5th book in J. D. Robb's In Death series, published in January 1997 at 333 pages. It follows Immortal in Death and precedes Vengeance in Death in the reading order.

Key facts about Ceremony in Death

J. D. Robb wrote Ceremony in Death, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1 January 1997. The book has 333 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781423313724 to find the main one.

Ceremony in Death is book 5 of 75 in the In Death series. The series has 75 published books. However, the series starts with Rapture in Death (1995). Fury in Death is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 8 September 2026.

That series sits on our mystery shelf. Meanwhile, Fury in Death is the latest published J. D. Robb book on file, from 8 September 2026.

About J. D. Robb

J. D. Robb is the pseudonym under which bestselling romance novelist Nora Roberts writes the In Death series, a near-future police-procedural saga following NYPSD homicide lieutenant Eve Dallas. Roberts adopted the pen name in 1995, with Naked in Death, partly to keep the futuristic mystery line distinct from her contemporary romances and partly so bookstores could shelve two new Roberts titles in the same month without cannibalizing sales. See every J. D. Robb book in order.

Its place in In Death

Ceremony in Death is book 5 in the In Death series. It follows Immortal in Death. It is followed by Vengeance in Death. See the full In Death reading order.

In Death is set in a near-future New York (the books open in 2058 and the timeline creeps forward roughly one year per book) and follows NYPSD homicide lieutenant Eve Dallas, a driven, damaged cop who was found as a starved, abused child with no memory of her life before age eight. Eve solves crimes with obsessive, procedural precision, and each entry is a genuine whodunit built around a specific murder or string of murders — corporate conspiracies, serial killers, celebrity scandals, cult violence — rendered…

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