On the Surface Keelie and Grant Swisher Seem Unlikely Targets for an Assassin; an Average Couple Living in a Nice Neighbourhood and Working Hard to Raise Their Two Kids. but When Eve Dallas is Called to a Multiple Homicide at the Swisher Family Home, She Discovers a Blood-Bath. There Are Five Dead - Including Two Children - in What Seems to Be a Professional Hit. the Killers Breached an Elaborate Security System, Slashed the Throat of Each Victim While They Slept; and Were in and Out of the House in Less Than Ten Minutes. in Fact They Made Only One Mistake. They Left a Survivor. Nine-Year-Old Nixie Swisher's Sudden Urge for a Midnight Snack May Just Have Saved Her Life. While Her Parents, Brother and Best-Friend Lay in Their Beds, Oblivious to the Threat, Nixie Was Downstairs in the Kitchen Getting a Soda and Saw Far Too Much. but As Nixie is the Only Survivor of a Seemingly Motiveless Attack, Eve Knows That Her Priority is to Keep Her Safe. Offering Her a Temporary Refuge is Easy, But