"The incomparable J. D. Robb presents the latest moving and suspenseful novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Eve Dallas series. In a decrepit, long-empty New York building, Lieutenant Eve Dallas's husband begins the demolition process by swinging a sledgehammer into a wall. When the dust clears, there are two skeletons wrapped in plastic behind it. He summons his wife immediately-and by the time she's done with the crime scene, there are twelve...

Romance novelist Nora Roberts, writing as herself and as J.D. Robb, author of futuristic romantic suspense stories, presents two connected tales, the first in which a diamond heist brings together Laine Tavish, the thief's daughter, and insurance investigator Max Gannon, and the second in which their granddaughter, having written a book about the theft in 2059, becomes the target of someone who believes she has the still missing gems.