The incomparable J D Robb presents the latest moving and suspenseful novel in the New York Timesxbestselling Eve Dallas seriesIn a decrepit and long-empty New York building a man begins the demolition process by swinging a sledgehammer into a wall When the dust clears he finds two skeletons wrapped in plastic behind itThe man is Lieutenant Eve Dallasxs billionaire husband Roarke and he summons her immediately His latest real estate project is going to be on hold for a while because by the time Eve and her crew are finished searching the premises there are twelve murders to be solvedxAfter a little digging reveals that the place housed a makeshift shelter for troubled and homeless teenagers back in the mid-s Eve tracks down the people who worked there Between their recollections and the brilliant work of the forcexs new forensic anthropologist Eve begins to put names and faces to the skeletal remains They are all girls A tattooed tough teenager who dealt in illegal drugs The runaway daughter of a pair of well-to-do doctors They all had their stories And they all lost their chance for a better lifeEveryone has something to hide And when Eve discovers a stunning connection between the victims and someone she knows she is even more driven to reveal the secrets of the place that was called The Sanctuaryxand to find the evil concealed in one human heart.
