When the body of a young brunette is found in CREATION IN DEATH, marked by signs of prolonged torture, Eve realises the killer that got away nine years ago, The Groom, is back. Named so because he put silver rings on the fingers of his victims, he took the lives of four women in fifteen days. Eve's move to bring her billionaire husband, Roarke, onto the case, becomes chillingly fitting, as it becomes clear The Groom is working up to his biggest challenge-abducting a woman who promises to give him days of pleasure before she dies: Eve. In STRANGERS IN DEATH everyone is interested in Eve's latest victim, a prominent businessman found tied to the bed - and strangled - with cords of black velvet. With some help from her billionaire husband, Roarke, Eve is soon knocking on doors- or barging through them - to find answers. But the facts don't add up. Was this a kinky sex game that turned into a crime of passion - or a meticulously planned execution?