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"THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES ... The chilling new suspense novel from the author of Brotherhood in Death. 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 ... When the young woman--dazed, naked, and bloody--wanders in front of their car, Roarke slams on the brakes just in time, and Eve, still in glittering gown and heels, springs into action. It's been a long night for the tired homicide cop, and it's far from over. Daphne Strazza is rushed to the ER, but it's too late for Dr. Anthony Strazza. A brilliant orthopedic surgeon, he now lies dead amid the wreckage of his obsessively organized town house, his three safes opened and emptied. Daphne would be a valuable witness, but in her terror and shock the only description of the perp she can offer is repeatedly calling him "the devil" ... While it emerges that Dr. Strazza was cold, controlling, and widely disliked--and that he treated Daphne like a trophy wife--this is one case where the evidence doesn't point to the spouse as the first suspect. So Eve and her team must get started on the legwork, interviewing everyone from dinner-party guests to professional colleagues to caterers, in a desperate race to answer some crucial questions: What does the devil look like? And where will he show up next?"--
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I love all of the Eve Dallas books, and outside of a few of them (which can mess with me a little) they're my go-to rereads to download onto my ipod when I need a book and forgot to bring one.
Not my favorite book in the series (you can't win ‘em all). Too much slow procedural and not enough of my favorite secondary characters such as Peabody and McNabb. The last 75 pages are stronger as the plot quickly ramps up to the climax. Hard to believe I have been reading this series for more than 20 years. I still enjoy it but this book first bored me and then gave me literal nightmares.
At one point Eve mentions meeting Roarke “three years ago” and it amazed me that there have been 44 books taking place over 3 years! Also, when will Peabody and McNab get married and have babies?! It's gotten to the point now where the cases to solve are background to me hearing about the lives of the characters I've come to love. The case this time though was harder than others, which was the point. But now I'm all caught up and I'm sad. Luckily, the next book comes out soon! ;)