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"outstanding futuristic police procedural thriller"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted December 7, 2004

In the year 2059 two intruders break into the home of the Swisher family, killing the parents, the son, their daughter's friend, and their nanny. The daughter Nixie survived because she went downstairs to get a drink and hid when she saw a man kill her nanny and saw Read more...

"Two Intruders"
Reviewed by Barb Hicks
Posted January 20, 2005

When two intruders break into the Swisher house they slaughter then entire household in under ten minutes, except that they didn't kill everyone. Little Nixie Swisher's life was saved by her need for an Orange Fizzy. Unfortunately she witnesses the killings and manages to call for help. Eve Dallas Read more...

The newest in the number-one New York Times-bestselling In Death series featuring Lieutenant Eve Dallas and Roarke. Nora Roberts writing as J. D. Robb returns to the New York City of 2059—where Dallas will struggle to solve the murder of a seemingly ordinary family and to protect one small, terrified survivor.

Summary

The members of the Swisher family were murdered in their beds with brutal, military precision. The state-of-the-art security was breached, and the killers used night-vision equipment to find their way through the cozy, middle-class house. Clearly, Dallas is dealing with pros. It seems the only mistake they made was to overlook the nine-year-old girl cowering in the darkened kitchen.

Now Nixie Swisher is an orphan—and the sole eyewitness to a seemingly inexplicable crime. Kids are not Dallas's strong suit. But Nixie needs a safe place to stay, and Dallas needs to solve this case. With her partner, Peabody, back on the job—and her husband, Roarke, providing the kind of help that only he can give—Lieutenant Eve Dallas is running after shadows, and dead-set on finding out who's behind them.