L.A.'s Russian community is about to pullLos Angeles Timesreporter Eve Diamond, herself the daughter of Russian immigrants, into a stunning spiral of danger and intrigue. When Eve discovers the body of an émigré scientist's teenage son in Griffith Park, unraveling the execution-style shooting places her on the most personal -- and dangerous -- story of her career. Eve steps into the crossfire between old and new worlds, where an enigmatic Cold War spy lures her on, an underworld killer warns her not to go deeper, and where a charming stranger claiming to be her cousin might be drawing her into the sights of a brilliant, vengeful killer. Denise Hamiltonis the author of five Eve Diamond novels, all of which wereLos Angeles Timesbestsellers:Prisoner of Memory, which was a summer reading recommendation on NPR.org'sDay to Dayand a finalist for Best Mystery by the Southern California Booksellers Association;Savage Garden, a 2005 finalist for Best Mystery by the Southern California Booksellers Association;Last Lullaby, aUSA TodaySummer Reading Pick and a Best Mystery nominee for the Southern California Booksellers Association;Sugar Skull; andThe Jasmine Trade, a finalist for the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Willa awards. Her Eve Diamond novels have been optioned for film.

She is also the author of the short story ?At the Drop of A Hat? inThriller, an anthology edited by James Patterson, and a contributor to and the editor ofLos Angeles Noir. A journalist whose work has appeared in theLos Angeles Times,Wired,Cosmopolitan,Der Spiegel, andThe New York Times, Hamilton lives in a Los Angeles suburb with her husband and two young children.Visit her website at www.denisehamilton.com.