Eve Dallas is one tough cop. She's got no problem dealing with a holiday reveler in a red suit who plunges thirty-seven stories and gives new meaning to the term "sidewalk Santa." But when she gets back to the station and Trudy Lombard shows up, it's all Eve can do to hold it together. Instantly, she's plunged back into the past, to the days when she was a vulnerable, traumatized girl - trapped in foster care with the twisted woman who now sits in front of her, smiling.
Trudy claims she just wanted to see how Eve was doing. But Eve's husband, Roarke, suspects otherwise - and his suspicions prove correct when Trudy arrives at his office demanding money in exchange for keeping the ugly details of his wife's childhood a secret. Barely restraining himself, Roarke shows her the door - and makes it clear that she'd be wise to get out of New York and never bother him or his wife again.
But just a few days later, Trudy's found on the floor of her hotel room, a mess of bruises and blood. A cop to the core, Eve is determined to solve the case, if only for the sake of Trudy's bereaved son. Unfortunately, Eve is not the only one to have suffered at this woman's hands, and she and Roarke will follow a circuitous, dangerous path to find out who turned this victimizer into a victim.
Lt. Eve Dallas is back, this time to solve a crime to which she is personally connected. Trudy Lombard, abusive foster mother to Dallas when she was 12 years old, has been murdered following a threat of blackmail. The usual cast of characters, including Roarke, Eve's husband, helps to crack the case, using intuition, high tech gadgetry, and good police work. Ericksen reads the dialog in a punchy style that suits the writing and her pace matches the excitement of the action. Her accents are good, especially Roarke's Irish brogue, but some of the others are a bit over-the-top. Fans of this series will appreciate the performance and those new to it might be tempted to listen to the earlier books. S.S.R. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
About the Author
Nora Roberts is the number-one New York Times-bestselling author of more than 150 novels, including High Noon, Angels Fall, Blue Smoke, and Northern Lights. She is also the author of the bestselling futuristic suspense series written under the pen name J. D. Robb. There are more than 280 million copies of her books in print.
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