Product Description

Eve Dallas has a grisly double homicide to solve when two young lovers-both employees of the same prestigious accounting firm-are brutally killed on the same night. It doesn't leave Eve a lot of leftover time to put together a baby shower for her buddy Mavis, but that's supposedly what friends are for.

Now Mavis needs another favor. Tandy Willowby, one of the moms-to-be in Mavis's birthing class, didn't show up for the shower. A recent emigrant from London, Tandy has few friends in New York, and no family-and she was really looking forward to the party. And when Eve enters Tandy's apartment and finds a gift for Mavis's shower wrapped and ready on the table-and a packed bag for the hospital still on the floor next to it-tingling runs up and down her spine.

Normally, such a case would be turned over to Missing Persons. But Mavis wants no one else on the job but Eve-and Eve can't say no. She'll have to track Tandy down while simultaneously unearthing the deals and double-crosses hidden in the files of some of the city's richest and most secretive citizens, in a race against this particularly vicious killer. Luckily, her multimillionaire husband Roarke's expertise comes in handy with the number crunching. But as he mines the crucial data that will break the case wide open, Eve faces an all too real danger in the world of flesh and blood.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8015 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-24
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 368 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Set in New York City in 2060, bestseller Roberts's latest police thriller under her Robb pseudonym in her Lt. Eve Dallas series (Naked in Death, etc.) offers her usual engaging characters. Dallas's investigation of the brutal murders of Natalie Copperfield, a 26-year-old accountant, and Copperfield's boyfriend becomes entangled with the search for Tandy Willowby, a pregnant friend who mysteriously vanishes shortly before her due date. Dallas discovers that Copperfield had stumbled on some white-collar fraud at her high-profile accounting firm, while Willowby's disappearance may be part of a series of abductions. Predictably, the two cases converge, and the mystery's solution becomes obvious. Newcomers, who may be dismayed at how little things will have changed in more than 50 years, would do better to start with earlier books in this near-future suspense series. (Nov.)
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From AudioFile
Eve Dallas, a tough cop in 2060 New York, can handle the bloodiest crime scene, but being her best friend Mavis's birth coach is an entirely different matter. Dallas is saved from that task when she's summoned to work the double homicide of a young accountant and her fiancé. Then Mavis contacts the already overwhelmed Dallas and pleads with her to find a pregnant missing friend who is about to deliver. The audio skips smoothly along, connecting subplots blithely, and Susan Ericksen never misses a beat. She switches accents easily from that of Dallas's handsome Irish husband, Roark, to that of whiny, pregnant Mavis. With a light touch she unites the futuristic slang, sensual sex, and Dallas's shifting emotions. S.W. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Entertainment Weekly, November 9, 2006
Dallas methodically cuts through her twin cases with barely a hitch, but she's such a prickly-sharp, memorable character (one of many, in fact), you'll enjoy watching her do it.

Customer Reviews

Born in Death
I would really have liked to have listened to this audio book while driving. Unfortunately, it can only be heard on a computer, therefore, the only thing I can say about this product is that I would have really liked to have had the information before ordering.
Compulsive Reader

fair
Book was shipped quickly. There was cracking and damage to the spine. Indside was in good shape.

JD Robb
Absolutely love this series, have read every book twice and can't wait for the next one to come out.