Seduction in death: Dante had been courting his victim in cyberspace for weeks before meeting her in person. A few hours later, she was dead. Detective Eve Dallas is playing and replaying the clues in her mind. The candlelight, the music, the rose petals strewn across the bed, he hadn't intended to kill her. But now that he has, he is left with only two choices: to either hole up in fear and guilt or start hunting again. Reunion in death: At exactly 7:30 p.m., Walter Pettibone arrived home to over a hundred friends and family shouting, "surprise!" At 8:45 p.m., a woman handed him a glass of champagne. One sip of birthday bubbly, and he was dead. The woman's name is Julie Dockport. Detective Eve Dallas was personally responsible for her incarceration. Let out on good behavior, she still has nothing but bad intentions. Purity in death: Louie Cogburn had spent three days staring at his computer screen. When someone knocked at his door, he picked up his baseball bat, opened the door, and started swinging. The first cop fired his stunner twice and Louie died instantly. Detective Eve Dallas starts racking her brain for answers and for courage to face the impossible, that this might be a computer virus able to spread from machine to man.