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Bart Minnock, founder of the computer gaming giant U-Play, enters his private playroom, and eagerly can’t wait to lose himself in an imaginary world, to play the role of a sword-wielding warrior king, in his company’s latest top-secret project, Fantastical.

Eve's name has made a Christmas list, but it's not for being naughty or nice. It's for putting a serial killer behind bars. Now the escaped madman has her in his sights. With her husband, Roarke, at her side, Eve must stop the man from exacting his bloody vengeance - or die trying.

When a murder disrupts the Irish vacation she is taking with her husband, Roarke, Eve realizes that no place is safe - not an Irish wood or the streets of the manic city she calls home. But nothing prepares her for what she discovers upon her return to the cop shop in New York City....

In a New York City fifty years in the future, Detective Eve Dallas tracks down those who break the law - including the ones sworn to uphold it. Eve Dallas and her partner, Peabody, are following up on a brutal, senseless crime - an elderly grocery owner killed by three stoned punks for nothing more than kicks and snacks. And for the first time, Peabody is primary detective on the case, which means she has to get used to a new level of authority and responsibility. Good thing she learned the ropes from a master like Eve. But after rounding up the perps, Peabody stumbles upon a much trickier situation.

New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her partner Peabody enter the hallowed halls 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.

Eve Dallas und ihre Partnerin Peabody untersuchen ein scheinbar sinnloses Verbrechen: Ein Lebensmittelhändler wurde von drei drogensüchtigen jungen Männern ermordet - nur für den Kick? Es ist der erste Fall für Peabody, den sie leiten darf, und sie stolpert gleich in eine heikle Situation: Sie belauscht unfreiwillig ihre Kollegen Garnet und Oberman bei einer Unterhaltung, in der es eindeutig um Korruption geht. Eve und Peabody setzen alles daran, ausreichend Beweise zu finden, um das schmutzige Spiel der Cops zu enttarnen.

Erst entdeckt Reva Ewing ein Foto, auf dem ihr Mann mit ihrer besten Freundin in inniger Umarmung zu sehen ist. Dann findet sie das Liebespaar ermordet im Bett. Verzweifelt wendet Reva sich an ihre Mutter, eine Mitarbeiterin von Roarke. Auf seine Bitte hin übernimmt Eve Dallas den undurchsichtigen Fall. Alles spricht für ein simples Eifersuchtsdrama, und Reva wird festgenommen. Eve jedoch ermittelt weiter und sticht in ein giftiges Wespennest aus Verrat, Intrigen und tödlichen Geheimnissen...

New York 2059. Eve Dallas erkennt die elegant gekleidete Besucherin in ihrem Büro erst auf den zweiten Blick: Es ist ihre Pflegemutter Trudy Lombard. Einst hat sie nichts unversucht gelassen, die kleine Eve zu quälen, und auch jetzt hat sie nichts Gutes im Sinn. Sie droht, Eves dunkelstes Geheimnis öffentlich zu machen - wenn sie ihr nicht zwei Millionen Dollar gibt. Als Eves geliebter Roarke davon erfährt, lässt er nichts unversucht, diesen Schrecken aus der Vergangenheit zu bannen. Doch dann geschieht ein Mord.

Immediately after hearing these words, uttered to her by an old Romanian woman bleeding to death in the street, detective Eve Dallas begins to notice that her latest case has come with a number of interesting side-effects: visions of the deceased, instant familiarity with rooms she’s never seen before, and fluency in Russian.

On one of the city's hottest nights, New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas is sent to Central Park - and into a hellish new investigation. The victim is found on the rocks, just above the still, dark water of The Lake in the park. Around her neck is a single red ribbon. Her hands are posed, as if in prayer. But it is the eyes - removed with such precision, as if done by the careful hand of a surgeon - that have Dallas most alarmed.

Eve Dallas is a New York police lieutenant hunting for a ruthless killer. In over ten years on the force, she’s seen it all - and knows her survival depends on her instincts. And she’s going against every warning telling her not to get involved with Roarke, an Irish billionaire - and a suspect in Eve’s murder investigation.

The first victim was found lying on a sidewalk in the rain. The second was murdered in her own apartment building. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas had no problem finding connections between the two crimes. Both victims were beautiful and highly successful women. Their glamorous lives and loves were the talk of the city.

Reva Ewing, a former member of the Secret Service, a security specialist for Roarke Enterprises, is a prime suspect in a double homicide. She had every reason to want to kill her husband, the renowned artist Blair Bissel. Not only was he having an affair, he was having it with her best friend. But Lieutenant Eve Dallas, who's on the case, believes Reva is innocent.

After a party in New York, Lieutenant Eve Dallas rides home with her billionaire husband, Roarke, happy to be done with cocktails and small talk. After another party, not far away, a woman retires to her bedroom with her husband - and walks into a brutal nightmare. Their paths are about to collide....

The shots came quickly, silently, and with deadly accuracy. Within seconds, three people were dead at Central Park's ice skating rink. The victims: a talented young skater, a doctor, and a teacher. As random as random can be. Eve Dallas has seen a lot of killers during her time with the NYPSD, but never one like this. After reviewing security videos, it becomes clear that the victims were killed by a sniper firing a tactical laser rifle, who could have been miles away when the trigger was pulled.

The shots came quickly, silently, and with deadly accuracy. Within seconds, three people were dead at Central Park's ice skating rink. The victims: a talented young skater, a doctor, and a teacher. As random as random can be. Eve Dallas has seen a lot of killers during her time with the NYPSD, but never one like this. After reviewing security videos, it becomes clear that the victims were killed by a sniper firing a tactical laser rifle, who could have been miles away when the trigger was pulled.

Dennis Mira just had two unpleasant surprises. First he learned that his cousin Edward was secretly meeting with a real estate agent about their late grandfather's magnificent West Village brownstone, despite the promise they both made to keep it in the family. Then, when he went to the house to confront Edward about it, he got a blunt object to the back of the head.

"[Narrator Susan] Ericksen's quick pacing matches the intensity of the story. Whether one is new to the series or a longtime listener, Ericksen's presentation will entertain." -- AudioFile Magazine In the new Eve Dallas police thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author J. D. Robb, what...

In the new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series, Lt. Eve Dallas is about to walk into the shadows of her husband’s dangerous past… While Eve examines a fresh body in Washington Square Park, her husband, Roarke, spots a man among the onlookers he’s known since his younger days...

Kinderarzt Kent Abner bekommt ungewöhnliche Post: ein goldenes Ei. Als er das billig wirkende Objekt öffnet, entweichen tödliche Gase, die ihn auf der Stelle umbringen. Eve Dallas und ihr Team nehmen umgehend die Ermittlungen auf. Die erweisen sich als kompliziert: Das Opfer war äußerst beliebt und wohl beleumundet, auch weil er sich so kompromisslos für seine jungen Patienten einsetzte. Dann stirbt ein zweiter Mensch durch ein tödliches Ei – und Eve Dallas muss sich fragen, ob sie es mit einem Verrückten zu tun hat oder ob die beiden Toten doch mehr verbindet, als es scheint.