EDITORIAL REVIEW: NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas keeps the streets of a near-future New York City safe in this extraordinary series. But even she makes mistakes, and is haunted by those she couldn't save-and the killers she couldn't capture. When the body of a young brunette is found in East River Park, artfully positioned and marked by signs of prolonged and painful torture, Eve is catapulted back to a case nine years earlier. The city was on edge from a killing spree that took the lives of four women in fifteen days, courtesy of a man the media tagged ''The Groom''-because he put silver rings on the fingers of his victims. When it turns out that the young brunette was employed by Eve's billionaire husband, Roarke, she brings him in on the case-a move that proves fitting when it becomes chillingly clear that the killer has made his attack personal. The victim was washed in products from a store Roarke owns, and laid out on a sheet his company manufactures. With the Groom's monstrous return, Eve is determined to finish him once and for all. Familiar with his methods, Eve knows that he has already grabbed his next victim. Time is running out on another woman's life. And chances are he's working up to the biggest challenge of his illustrious career-abducting a woman who will test his skills and who promises to give him days and days of pleasure before she dies: Eve. A Eve Dallas Investigation In Death NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas keeps the streets of a near-future New York City safe in this extraordinary series. But even she makes mistakes, and is haunted by those she couldn't save-and the killers she couldn't capture. When the body of a young brunette is found in East River Park, Eve has seen this crime scene before: the artfully arranged body of a young brunette, arms spread, palms up, body marked by the signs of prolonged and painful torture. Carved into her torso is the time it took her to die - in hours, minutes, and seconds. And on the third finger of her left hand has been placed a silver ring. Eve is catapulted back to a case nine years earlier, when a man whom the media tagged “The Groom”, because he put silver rings on his victims' fingers. The city had been on edge due to a killing spree that took the lives of four women in fifteen days. Eve and her partner Ryan Feeney, her friend and mentor, couldn’t stop him before he disappeared, only to resurface in other parts of the world to kill and kill again. But now The Groom seems to have come back to where he started. This time, it becomes chillingly clear that the killer has made his attack personal: when it turns out that The Groom’s most recent victim was employed by Eve’s billionaire husband, Roarke, she brings him onto the case. A move that proves fitting when it becomes chillingly clear that the killer has made it personal. The corpse was washed in products from a store Roarke owns and laid out on a sheet his company manufactures. With the Groom’s monstrous return, Eve is determined to finish him once and for all. Familiar with his methods, she knows that he has already grabbed his next victim. But his sights are set on the biggest challenge of his illustrious career - an abduction that will test his skills and that promises to give him satisfaction as he’s never known. Time is running out on another woman’s life... and for Eve.
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at 27 Books And Counting, Nora Roberts Is More Prolific Under Her Robb Pseudonym Than Most Authors Manage In A Single Career. Yet The Latest In Her Not-so-near-future Detective Series Featuring New York Police Det. Eve Dallas Offers A Satisfyingly Novel Mélange Of Suspense, Sex, Forensics And Heroics. It's 2060, And The Serial Killer Nicknamed The Groom Is Back In Town After An Absence Of Nine Years, Resuming His Horrific Run Of Kidnapping, Torturing And Killing Young Women. Dallas, Who Served As A Detective In The Frustrating First Investigation, Assumes Lead Role In This One. This Time, Not Only Do The Killer's Chosen Victims Have Ties To Dallas's Husband, Roarke, But Dallas Herself May Be The Killer's Ultimate Target. Swiftly Paced, The Story Cuts Frequently From The Investigation To The Killer's Progress With His Victims. Dallas Works To Outplan, Outfight And Outsmart The Killer; To Keep Her Handsome, Rich Husband Happy; And To Be Ready For The Next Round After A Good Night's Sleep. Robb's Latest Is Bound To Please Dallas Fans. (nov.)
copyright 2007 Reed Business Information Reopening an unsolved case from years earlier when the body of a torture victim is discovered, Lieutenant Eve Dallas becomes worried when clues reveal links between the killing and her billionaire husband's store that suggest Eve herself is being targeted--Novelist
