Cirrus@Austlit

'A freezer full of body parts is the tip of the criminal iceberg for Perth cop Eve Rock.

'The festive season has spawned a spate of murders, robberies and abductions, which actually reassures Eve that others' bad habits far exceed her own. It also gives her a watertight excuse to avoid hanging out with her dysfunctional family while spending time with her two gorgeous colleagues and would-be lovers, Quinn Fox and his son Adam. A win-win situation.

'Butchered bodies used for questionable purposes, a murdered man in a skip, a brazen multi-million dollar haul from a high-end jewellers and posh art gallery are all in a day's work for Eve and her team.

'Now usually Eve relishes getting stuck into solving crimes, but she's not so keen when she's the target and the boundaries between work and home become nastily blurred.

'But who is trying to kill her this time? And why? And who are the strange people wandering around her temporary digs late at night? And why is her mum the nun acting more weird than usual?

'And why is she such a pushover when it comes to the men in her life?

'All will be revealed - but only if Eve can survive to work everything out.' (Publication summary)

'Perth cop Eve Rock is investigating a series of abductions from the seedy inner-city Paradise Nightclub when her boss adds a murder case to her workload.

'Now, Eve loves a challenge – about as much as she loves red wine, exotic food and cigars – but this case is a bit tricky because she’d speed dated the sleazy salesman hours before he met his Maker.

'But then ‘tricky’ is Eve’s middle name.

'Her mum’s a former hooker-turned-nun who runs a select girls school.

'Her daughter’s a fanatical ‘Virgin Vigilante’ who attends that same school.

'And Eve is being stalked by a department store Santa.

'If that isn't enough, her love life is dead in the water.

'Or it is until Eve meets dreamy undercover cop Adam Fox whose sex appeal isn't diminished by his slut heels and micro skirt.

'And then there's his equally gorgeous dad…

'Eve's life could be peachy... except now someone wants to kill her.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.