New York, 2061. A Gyönyörakadémia néven ismert hely maga a megtestesült rémálom, ahol elrabolt lányokat tartanak fogva és arra tanítják őket, hogy lealacsonyító szolgáltatásokat nyújtsanak, miközben lelkük lassan, de biztosan romba dől. Dorian, a tizenhárom éves kislány, akit ugyancsak oda zártak, talán sohasem tudott volna elmenekülni a rabtársa, Mina segítsége nélkül, aki a szökési tervet kieszelte. Kettejük közül Mina volt a bátrabb – noha mindketten ugyanazzal a kétségbeesett elszántsággal vágtak bele a terv megvalósításába.
Sajnos nem sikerült kijutniuk elég gyorsan. Dorian sebesülten, rettegve bolyong New York utcáin, miközben Eve Dallas hadnagy Mina folyóparton heverő holttestét vizsgálja.
Mina drága, elegáns ruhái és kozmetikai cikkei arról árulkodnak Dallasnak, hogy szó szerint és átvitt értelemben is a szexipar számára tartották ennyire ápoltan – és bárki is fektetett be ebbe az igencsak pénzigényes üzletbe, hatalmas profitra számít. Eve elszántan keresi az igazságot és a nyomába ered azoknak, akik az ártatlanokra vadásznak…
Eredeti címe: Desperation in Death
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Megjelenés: 2022 szeptember 6.
Magyar megjelenés: 2023. július 11.
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author presents a gripping new thriller that pits homicide detective Eve Dallas against a conspiracy of exploitation and evil…
Unfortunately, they didn’t get away fast enough. Now Dorian is injured, terrified, and wandering the streets of New York, and Mina lies dead near the waterfront while Lt. Eve Dallas looks over the scene.
Mina’s expensive, elegant clothes and beauty products convince Dallas that she was being groomed, literally and figuratively, for sex trafficking—and that whoever is investing in this high-overhead operation expects windfall profits. Her billionaire husband, Roarke, may be able to help, considering his ties to the city’s ultra-rich. But Roarke is also worried about the effect this case is having on Dallas, as it brings a rage to the surface she can barely control. No matter what, she must keep her head clear--because above all, she is desperate for justice and to take down those who prey on and torment the innocent.
New York, 2061: The place called the Pleasure Academy is a living nightmare where abducted girls are trapped, trained for a life of abject service while their souls are slowly but surely destroyed. Dorian, a thirteen-year-old runaway who’d been imprisoned there, might never have made it out if not for her fellow inmate Mina, who’d hatched the escape plan. Mina was the more daring of the two—but they’d been equally desperate.
Unfortunately, they didn’t get away fast enough. Now Dorian is injured, terrified, and wandering the streets of New York, and Mina lies dead near the waterfront while Lt. Eve Dallas looks over the scene.
Mina’s expensive, elegant clothes and beauty products convince Dallas that she was being groomed, literally and figuratively, for sex trafficking—and that whoever is investing in this high-overhead operation expects windfall profits. Her billionaire husband, Roarke, may be able to help, considering his ties to the city’s ultra-rich. But Roarke is also worried about the effect this case is having on Dallas, as it brings a rage to the surface she can barely control. No matter what, she must keep her head clear--because above all, she is desperate for justice and to take down those who prey on and torment the innocent.
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