In mid-twenty-first-century New York, Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates the murders of two prominent women found with their throats slit on rainy nights. The victims, a high-profile prosecutor and a professional actress, appear unrelated until Dallas identifies a pattern of cold, surgical precision in the killings. As she navigates the technological landscape of 2058, Dallas balances the case against her evolving relationship with the enigmatic billionaire Roarke. She must track a killer who targets successful individuals, using his belief in his own superiority to justify the executions.
Fans of police procedurals and futuristic settings read this for the detailed forensic methodology and the slow development of the central characters' partnership. The narrative provides a look at how law enforcement adapts to advanced surveillance and weaponry while dealing with timeless human motives like vanity and spite. Readers finish the book with a clear understanding of Eve Dallas’s rigid moral code and the logistical complexities of solving crimes in a high-tech, urban future where wealth often obscures the truth.
Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Escapist Adventurer. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
