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When three unrelated people—a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer and a controversial politician—are found dead with smiles on their faces in New York City, Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas senses something off. The deaths, initially presumed suicides, reveal small burn marks on the victims’ brains. Dallas teams up with the department’s forensic team to determine whether the marks are due to a genetic abnormality or a high‑tech method of murder. Her investigation takes her into the immersive world of virtual reality gaming, where the same technologies that create joy and desire can also drive a mind toward self‑destructive behavior.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Nora Roberts
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