In early spring of 2059 Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called off planet to face a grueling ordeal - giving a seminar at the largest police conference of the year to be held in a swanky resort. A resort which just happens to be owned by her husband Roarke of course. Even though Eve can't quite see it that way it's supposed to be at least partly a vacation. But work intrudes in the form of a bloody homicide and Eve is off and running. The case is complicated by Eve's personal history with the victim - and by the killer's history with Roarke. As danger closes in and the body count rises Eve must find a way to stop the cycle of violence and revenge and shove the past back where it belongs.