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This is Burke's (www.alafairburke.com) third thriller to feature NYPD detective Ellie Hatcher, following Angel's Tip (2008), also available from Recorded Books and read by actress Eliza Foss (www.elizafoss.com). Incorporating references to current-day headlines and the issue of Internet anonymity, this smart, multilayered thriller opens with the violent murder of a real estate developer's bodyguard and continues with a deadly assault on a New York University student. Foss's narration and character rendering are flawless. An ingeniously crafted book that moves at a superfast pace; a great choice for fiction collections. [The Harper hc was described as "featuring an appealingly current angle, dynamic characters, and a spiderweb of possibilities…tied up neatly," LJ 2/1/10.—Ed.]—Kristen L. Smith, Loras Coll. Lib., Dubuque, IA