Two young girls are found in a penthouse.  Both are from wealthy families and are students at a exclusive Manhatten school.  Federal prosecutor, Melanie Vargas is being pressured from the top to clear the high profile case fast.  It looks like the two girls overdosed, but Melanie isn’t buying it.  Another girl from the same school and the daughter of the building’s superintendant is missing.  Melanie teams up with FBI agent Dan O’Reilly and starts breaking all kinds of rules to get to the bottom of this mystery.  There is an attraction between Melanie and Dan, but they can’t afford to get distracted on this case.  Together they are running around in the high circles of the elite to the deep darkness of the city nightlife where a killer is waiting for her...eagerly. 

This is Michele Martinez’s second novel, her first is titled MOST WANTED and also features Melanie and Dan.  Ms. Martinez has drawn on her own background as a lawyer and special prosecuter with years of experience in drug cases to give this story an authenticy that is breathtaking.  Fast-paced and gritty, this is the kind of suspense that the reader cannot put down and will keep her up late at night reading.  Ms. Martinez tells a dazzling story of bored rich kids, a villain who is creepy and chilling and a romance that is sensual and full of sexual tension.  Melanie is savvy, ambitious and caring.  Dan is smooth, intelligent and very sexy.  The reader will be rooting for them throughout the story.  This reviewer is getting the first book right away!

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