When club-hopping bad female Tiara Kent is available dead in her plush Manhattan apartment, the getting rid of has all the earmarks of the vampire attack. The ever-practical Lieutenant Eve Dallas has to cope with superstitious cops transporting garlic and stakes, as well as the ever-hysterical press. non-e of the rich young victim’s close friends seem to understand much about the Dark Prince she’s been secretly viewing. The chase to avoid him before he kills again will lead Eve and her team into areas of the city that not one of the most intrepid cop wants to visit, and into the very heart of darkness.