Nora Roberts’s first popular contemporary novel under the pseudonym J.D. Robb tells the story of police lieutenant Eve Dallas, who investigates a series of horrible murders of young women committed by a deranged maniac in the near-future New York. The criminal leaves no traces, and Eve finds herself drawn into a dangerous game in which she will have to face dark passions and mysterious circumstances. During the investigation, she also meets an Irish billionaire, Rorke, and begins to develop unusual feelings toward him. Will she be able to stop the killer and keep her own life?