At the luxurious Roarke Palace Hotel, a maid walks into suite 4602 for the nightly turndown - and steps into her worst nightmare. A killer leaves her dead, strangled by a thin silver wire. He's Sly Yost, a virtuoso of music and murder. A hit man for the elite. Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows him... read more
“It's so hard not to be jealous when you've got a handsome, powerful man. I just want to scratch their eyes out when they come on to my Vinnie." "Yeah? Me, I just punch them in the face.”Liza Trent, Eve Dallas
“They're like family, huh?" Peabody said as she got into the car. "Hey! That makes you sort of like Summerset's daughter-in-law." Horror drained all color from Eve's cheeks. All she could do was press a hand to her stomach. "Jesus, I feel sick.”Delia Peabody, Eve Dallas
I couldn’t decide, so I didn’t say. But I know it now. Eve. She’s my one thing.”Highlighted by 16 Kindle customers
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Through all the other miseries in his life there’d been no one to offer him the simple soothing of understanding. It swamped him, washed away the worst edge of grief, and left him steadier for it.Highlighted by 13 Kindle customers
“They’re like family, huh?” Peabody said as she got into the car. “Hey! That makes you sort of like Summerset’s daughter-in-law.” Horror drained all color from Eve’s cheeks. All she could do was press a hand to her stomach. “Jesus, I feel sick.”Highlighted by 11 Kindle customers
He’d wanted her. Out of all the women in the world, he’d wanted her. Wanted, hell, she thought, grinning now. Pursued, demanded. Taken. And while she could admit all of that was exciting, he’d gone one step further. He cherished. She’d never believed anyone would, or could. And had never believed there was enough inside her to give all of those things back.Highlighted by 11 Kindle customers
“Adoring you. Absolutely.” Unable to help himself, he took her face in his hands and kissed her hard. “My God, what did I ever do before you were there?”Highlighted by 11 Kindle customers
Guns Don’t Kill People, People Kill People. And it’s true enough. But a gun gives them a hell of a lot of help.”Highlighted by 10 Kindle customers
And as we sat around the question came up as to what the one thing in the world would be we’d want and need most. The one thing we would give up anything else to keep.Highlighted by 9 Kindle customers
“When I met you,” she said carefully, “I didn’t want you in my life. You were one big complication. Every time I looked at you, or heard your voice, or so much as thought about you, the complication got bigger.” “And now?” “Now? You are my life.”Highlighted by 9 Kindle customers
“Is that ego or fact?” “Darling Eve, my ego is fact.”Highlighted by 6 Kindle customers
Prologue
Chapters 1 - 22
Preceded by Judgment in Death, and followed by Interlude in Death.
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