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Meanwhile, she would ain to reconstruct the last day of her life She had interviews to schedule And, as Yvonne’s parents called her at least once a day, Eve knew she would have to talk with therief and disbelief

She didn’t mind the fourteen- and sixteen-hour days In fact, at this stage of her life she welcomed them

Four days after Yvonne Metcalf’son empty She had questioned over three dozen people extensively, exhaustively Not only had she been unable to discover a single viable motive, she’d found no one who hadn’t adored the victim

There wasn’t a hint of an obsessed fan Yvonne’s mail had beenthe correspondence But a the first section, there had been no threats, veiled or overt, no weird or unsavory offers or suggestions

There had been a hefty percentage of e proposals and other propositions Eve culled them out with little hope or enthusiasm There was still a chance that someone who had written to Yvonne had written or contacted Cicely As ti shot

Eve did as expected in unsolved multiple hoe of an investigation She made an appointment with the shrink

While she waited, Eve struggled with her htful, quietly efficient, and compassionate

Those were the precise reasons Eve dragged her feet She had to reain that she hadn’t come to Mira for personal reasons or because the departh Testing, they weren’t going to discuss her thoughts, her feelings—or her memory

They were going to dissect the mind of a killer

Still, she had to concentrate on keeping her heart rate level, her hands still and dry When she was gestured into Mira’s office, Eve told herself her legs were shaky because she was tired, nothing more

“Lieutenant Dallas” Mira’s pale blue eyes skiue “I’m sorry you had to wait”

“No proble, Eve took the blue scoop chair beside Mira’s “I appreciate you getting to the case so quickly”

“We all do our jobs as best we can,” Mira said in her soothing voice “And I had a great deal of respect and affection for Cicely Towers”

“You knew her?”

“We were contemporaries, and she consulted me on many cases I often testified for the prosecution—as well as the defense,” she added, s a little “But you knew that”