#1 "New York Times"a bestselling author J. D. Robb takes us to the New York City of 2060, where Lieutenant Eve Dallas faces down a cop killer. A Amarylis Coltraine may have recently transferred to the New York City police force from Atlanta, but sheas been a cop long enough to know how to defend herself against an assailant. When sheas taken down just steps away from her apartment, killed with her own weapon, for Eve the victim isnat just aone of us.a Dallasas friend Chief Medical Examiner Morris and Coltraine had started a serious relationship, and from all accounts the two were headed for a happy future together. But someone has put an end to all that. After breaking the news to Morris, Eve starts questioning everyone from Coltraineas squad, informants, and neighbors, while Eveas husband, Roarke, digs into computer data on Coltraineas life back in Atlanta. To their shock, they discover a connection between this case and their own painful, shadowy pasts. The truth will need to be uncovered one layer at a time, starting with the box that arrives at Cop Central addressed to Eve containing Coltraineas guns, badge, and a note from her killer: aYou can have them back. Maybe someday soon, Iall be sending yours to somebody else.a But Eve Dallas doesnat take too kindly to personal threats, and she is going to break this case, whatever it takes. And thatas a promise.