Dante had been courting his victim in cyberspace for weeks before meeting in person. A few sips of wine and a few hours later, she was dead. The muder weapon: a rare, ussually undetectable date-rape drug with the street value of a quarter million dollars. Detective Eve Dallas is playing and replaying the clues in her mind. The candlelighht, the music, the rose petal strewn across the bed - a scene set for seduction that's gone horribly wrong. He hadn't intended to kill her. -- back cover.