Written by J.D. Robb - Audio book performed by Susan Ericksen - Unabridged Fiction - 9 COMPACT DISCS - 11 hours

Publisher, Brilliance Audio (January 2006)

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"Robb’s energetic prose and hard-edged dialogue will keep readers engrossed." —Publishers Weekly

"Edgy [and] sexy." --Publishers Weekly

Lieutenant Eve Dallas Must Walk a Tightrope Between Her Professional Duties and Her Private Demons.

Eve Dallas is one tough cop. She’s got no problem dealing with a holiday reveler in a red suit who plunges thirty-seven stories and gives new meaning to the term “sidewalk Santa.” But when she gets back to the station and trudy Lombard shows up, it’s all Eve can do to hold it together. Instantly, she’s plunged back into the past, to the days when she was a vulnerable, traumatized girl - trapped in foster care with the twisted woman who now sits in front of her, smiling.

trudy claims she just wanted to see how Eve was doing. But Eve’s husband, Roarke, suspects otherwise - and his suspicions prove correct when trudy arrives at his office demanding money in exchange for keeping the ugly details of his wife’s childhood a secret. Barely restraining himself, Roarke shows her the door - and makes it clear that she’d be wise to get out of New York and never bother him or his wife again.

But just a few days later, trudy’s found on the floor of her hotel room, a mess of bruises and blood. A cop to the core, Eve is determined to solve the case, if only for the sake of trudy’s bereaved son. Unfortunately, Eve is not the only one to have suffered at this woman’s hands, and she and Roarke will follow a circuitous, dangerous path to find out who turned this victimizer into a victim.

About the Author: J.D. Robb (real name Eleanor Marie Robertson - AKA Nora Roberts) is the number-one New York Times-bestselling author of more than one hundred and fifty novels. Under the pen name J.D. Robb, she is the author of the number-one New York Times-bestselling futuristic romantic suspense series featuring Lieutenant Eve Dallas and Roarke. There are more than 250 million copies of her books in print.

About the Performer: Susan Ericksen lives on the East Coast, where she performs on stage and on television. She also appears regularly with the Hope College Repertory Company, of which her husband David Colacci, another fine Brilliance narrator, is artistic director.