Eve Dallas tracks a couple whose passion is fueled by cold brutality in the newest crime thriller from the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Obsession in Death and Festive in Death. When Lieutenant Eve Dallas examines a body in a downtown Manhattan alleyway, the victims injuries are so extensive that she almost misses the clue. Carved into the skin is the shape of a heartand initials inside reading E and D . . . Ella-Loo and her boyfriend, Darryl, had been separated while Darryl was a guest of the state of Oklahoma, and now that his sentence has been served they dont ever intend to part again. Ella-Loos got dreams. And Darryl believes there are better ways to achieve your dreams than working for them. So they hit the road, and when their car breaks down in Arkansas, they make plans to take someone elses. Then things get messy and they wind up killing someonean experience that stokes a fierce, wild desire in Ella-Loo. A desire for Darryl. And a desire to kill again.