New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her partner Peabody enter the hallowed halls from the Wilfred B. Icove Center for Reconstructive and PLASTIC SURGERY on a case. A hugely popular vid celebrity has been beaten to a bloody pulp – and offers wiped out her attacker in the process. After a post-op interview, Dallas and Peabody confirm for themselves that it’s a clear-cut case of self-defense, but before they are able to leave the building, another case falls into their hands.

Dr. Wilfred B. Icove himself has about Origins in Loss of life been found lifeless in his workplace – murdered in a chillingly effective manner: one swift stab towards the heart. Struck by the immaculate condition from the crime picture, Dallas suspects a professional killing. Security discs present a stunningly beautiful woman calmly entering and leaving the building: the nice doctor’s final session.

Referred to as “Dr. Ideal,” the saintly Icove committed his life to his family members and his function. His record is usually clean. As well clean for Dallas. She understands he was hiding something, and suspects that his son, his successor, knows what it really is. Then – like father, like kid – the youthful Dr. Icove is killed . with the same deadly precision.

But who is the mystery woman, and that which was her relationship with the good doctors? With her hubby, Roarke, operating behind the scenes, Dallas comes after her darkest intuition in to the Icoves’ pasts. And what she discovers are men driven to generate excellence – playing fast and loose with the laws and regulations of character, the limits of science, and the morals of humanity.