On the surface Keelie and Grant Swisher seem unlikely targets for an assassin, but when Eve Dallas is called to a multiple homicide at the Swisher family home, she discovers a blood-bath. There are five dead in what seems a professional hit. But the killers left a survivor - nine-year-old Nixie Swisher. Originally published: 2004

A crisp winter morning in New York. In a luxury apartment, the body of a woman lies stretched out on a huge bed. On the wall above, the killer has left a message in bold black ink: FOR LIEUTENANT EVE DALLAS, WITH GREAT ADMIRATION AND UNDERSTANDING. Famous for her high-profile cases and her marriage to billionaire businessman Roarke, Eve Dallas has