#1 New York Times - bestselling author J. D. Robb takes us to the New York City of 2060, where Lieutenant Eve Dallas faces down a cop killer. Amarylis Coltraine may have recently transferred to the New York City police force from Atlanta, but she`s been a cop long enough to know how to defend herself against an assailant. When she`s taken down just steps away from her apartment, killed with her own weapon, for Eve the victim isn`t just one of us. Dallas`s 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 Coltraine`s squad, informants, and neighbors, while Eve`s husband, Roarke, digs into computer data on Coltraine`s 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 Coltraine`s guns, badge, and a note from her killer: You can have them back. Maybe someday soon, I`ll be sending yours to somebody else. But Eve Dallas doesn`t take too kindly to personal threats, and she is going to break this case, whatever it takes. And that`s a promise.