Technology may be different in 2060 New York, yet the city is still aplace of many cultures and great divides. But as ever, some murdersreceive more attention than others - especially those in which the victimis a prominent businessman, found in his Park Avenue apartment, tied tothe bed - and strangled - with cords of black velvet.It doesn't surpriseLieutenant Eve Dallas that Thomas Anders' scandalous death is a source oftitillation and speculation to the public - and of humiliation to hisfamily. But while all those in the city are talking about it, people closeto Anders aren't so anxious to do the same. With some help from herbillionaire husband, Roarke, Eve is soon knocking on doors- or bargingthrough them - to find answers.But the facts don't add up. Physicalevidence suggests that the victim didn't struggle. The security breach inthe apartment indicates that the killer was someone connected to thefamily, but everyone's alibi checks out. Was this a kinky sex game thatturned into a crime of passion - or a meticulously planned execution? It'sup to Dallas to solve a case in which strangers may be connected inunexpected, and deadly, ways.