Lieutenant Eve Dallas explores the hidden connections among friends and lovers, enemies and strangers in this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series.  In 2060 New York, some murders still get more attention than others, especially those in which the victim is a prominent businessman, found in his Park Avenue apartment, tied to the bed€"and strangled€"with cords of black velvet. Fortunately, homicide cop Lt. Eve Dallas€s billionaire husband Roarke happens to own the prime real estate where Thomas Anders€s sporting-goods firm was headquartered, giving her some help with access. Before long, she€s knocking on doors€"or barging through them€"to look for the answers she needs.  But some things don€t add up€"and everyone€s alibi checks out, from the wife who was off in the tropics to the nephew who stood to inherit millions. Was this a crime of passion€"or a carefully planned execution? It€s up to Dallas to solve a sensational case in which those who seem to be intimates sometimes guard secrets from each other€"and strangers may be connected in unexpected, and deadly, ways...