She'd lost her badge and had nearly lost her way too recently for the siting to have faded. Now that she had both back, she wasn't ready to set duty aisde...

When Eve Dallas is called to a multiple homicide at the Swisher family home, she discovers a blood-bath.The killers breached an elaborate security system, slashed the throat of each victim while they slept and were in and out the house in less than ten minutes. But they did make one mistake. They left a survivor...While her parents, brother and best-friend lay in their beds, oblivious to the danger, nine-year-old Nixie Swisher was in the kitchen and saw far too much.Offering Nixie temporary refuge is easy, but dealing with the emotional needs of a girl who has lost everything isn't. Eve can at least promise Nixie justice, but she's chasing professionals who don't like leaving loose ends. And leaving Nixie Swisher alive in one loose end too many...

For once detective Eve Dallas can look at her latest murder victim and feel absolutely nothing. For Trudy Lombard awakens memories in Eve she'd rather forget. A seemingly ordinary middle-aged woman, Lombard was also one of Eve's foster parents and Eve was one of many traumatised children placed in her hap-hazard care.But now - only a few days after showing up in Eve's office - Lombard is dead. A cop to the core, Eve is determined to solve the case, if only for the sake of Trudy's grieving son. Unfortunately, the list of suspects should probably include every child who ever passed through Trudy's home. And Eve and Roarke will follow a dangerous path to find out who turned the victimiser into a victim...

The first victim is found lying on a sidewalk in the rain. The second murdered in her own apartment building. Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas has no problem finding connections between the two crimes. Both victims are beautiful and highly successful women; their glamorous lives and loves were the talk of the city. And their intimate relations with men of great power and wealth provide Eve with a long list of suspects - including her own lover, Roarke. As a woman, Eve is compelled to trust the man who shares her bed. But as a cop, it's her job to explore every avenue... no matter where it might lead.

But in a few weeks she won't just be Eve Dallas, lieutenant, homicide. She'll be Roarke's wife. But Eve's wedding plans may have to be put on hold as her private and professional lives collide...The victim in her latest murder investigation is one of the most sought-after women in the world. A top model who will stop at nothing to get what she wants - even another woman's man. And Eve's chief suspect is the other woman in this fatal love triangle - her best friend Mavis.

9.5" (23.5 cm) Tall Signed By Author Stated and Coded First Edition Signed by J. D. Robb and Marcia Talley on title page. Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean and bright pages. Paper over boards is lightly edge rubbed. DJ has light shelf wear with edge rubbing. 258 pp. Serial novel written by thirteen authors, a murder mystery set at a health resort in the Blue Ridge Mountains. http://www.catscradlebks.com/book_images/1230003.jpg