She stood in Purgatory & studied death. The blood & the gore of it the ferocity of its glee. It had come to this place with the wilful temper of a child full of heat & passion & careless brutality.' In an uptown strip joint a cop is found bludgeoned to death. The weapon's a baseball bat. The motive is a mystery. It's a case of serious overkill that pushes Eve Dallas straight into overdrive. Her investigation uncovers a private club that's more than a hot spot. Purgatory's a last chance for atonement where everyone is judged. Where your ultimate fate depends on your most intimate sins. & where one cop's hidden secrets are about to plunge innocent souls into vice-ridden damnation.