The incomparable J. D. Robb presents the latest moving and suspenseful novel in the #1" New York Times "bestselling Eve Dallas series.
Leading the demolition of a long-empty New York building that once housed a makeshift shelter for troubled teenagers, Lieutenant Eve Dallas s husband uncovers two skeletons wrapped in plastic. And by the time Eve s done with the crime scene, there are twelve murders to be solved.
The victims are all young girls. A tattooed tough girl who dealt in illegal drugs. The runaway daughter of a pair of well-to-do doctors. They all had their stories. And they all lost their chance for a better life.
Then Eve discovers a connection between the victims and someone she knows. And she grows even more determined to reveal the secrets of the place that was called The Sanctuary and the evil concealed in one human heart."