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In this gripping novel in the #1 bestselling series, Eve Dallas fights to save the innocent - and serve justice to the guilty.

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Homicide cop Eve Dallas and her billionaire husband, Roarke, are building a brand-new school and youth shelter. For expert help, they hire child psychologist Dr. Rochelle Pickering - whose own brother pulled himself out of a spiral of addiction and crime with Rochelle´s support. Lyle is living with Rochelle while he gets his life together, and he´s thrilled to hear about his sister´s new job. But within hours, triumph is followed by tragedy. When Rochelle returns from a celebratory dinner with her boyfriend and finds Lyle dead with a syringe in his lap, Eve´s investigation confirms that this wasn´t just another OD. Lyle´s been pumped full of poison - and a neighbor with a peephole reports seeing a scruffy, pink-haired girl fleeing the scene. Now Eve and Roarke must venture into the gang territory where Lyle used to run, and the ugly world of tattoo parlors and strip joints where everyone has taken a wrong turn somewhere. They both believe in giving people a second chance. Maybe even a third or fourth. But as far as they´re concerned, whoever gave the order on Lyle Pickering´s murder has run out of chances

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