The Kitchen Knife Jammed Into His Cold Heart Pinned A Cardboard Sign To His Well-toned Chest. It Read: Santa Says You've Been Bad!!! Ho, Ho, Ho! It's Christmas, But Lieutenant Eve Dallas Is In No Mood To Celebrate. While Her Charismatic Husband Roarke Plans A Huge, Glittering Party, Eve Has Murder On Her Mind. The Victim - Personal Trainer Trey Ziegler - Was Trouble In Life And Is Causing Even More Problems In Death. Vain, Unfaithful And Vindictive, Trey Had Cultivated A Lot Of Enemies. Which Means Eve Has A Lot Of Potential Suspects. And When She And Detective Peabody Uncover Trey's Sinister Secret, The Case Takes A Deadly Turn. Christmas May Be A Festival Of Light, But Eve And Roarke Will Be Forced Once More Down A Very Dark Path In Their Hunt For The Truth.