In 2059, New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her partner Peabody enter the hallowed walls of the Wilfred B. Icove Center for Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery on a case. A hugely popular vid star has been beaten to a bloody pulp - and has killed her attacker in the process. After a post-op interview, Dallas and Peabody confirm for themselves that it's a clear-cut case of self-defense, but before they can leave the building, another case falls...

Dante had been courting his victim in cyberspace for weeks before meeting her in person. A few sips of wine and a few hours later, she was dead. The murder weapon: a rare, usually undetectable date-rape drug with a street value of a quarter million dollars. Detective Eve Dallas is replaying the clues in her mind. He hadn't intended to kill her. But now he's left with two choices: hole up in fear and guilt--or start hunting again.

The most sought-after woman in the world, a woman who would stop at nothing to get what she wanted -- even another woman's man, was dead, the victim of a brutal murder. Police Lt. Eve Dallas puts her professional life on the line to take the case when her best friend, the other woman in the fatal love triangle, is suspected. Eve finds that beneath the facade of glamour, the world of high fashion has connections with the dark underworld of New York...

In early spring of 2059, Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called off planet to face a grueling ordeal--giving a seminar at the largest police conference of the year, to be held in a swanky resort. But work intrudes in the form of a bloody homicide, and Eve is off and running.

When two beautiful, highly successful women are found murdered, Eve has a long list of suspects. The two glamorous women rubbed elbows with a number of wealthy, powerful men, including her own lover, Roarke.

When her notorious past catches up with Laine Tavish, proprietor of the antique shop Remember When, it's up to her and an enigmatic stranger named Max Gannon to find out who's chasing her-and why.