In MIDNIGHT IN DEATH, Eve Dallas's name has made a Christmas list, but it's not for being naughty or nice - it's for putting a serial killer behind bars. Now he's escaped and has her in his sights... While in INTERLUDE IN DEATH, when respected Commander Skinner offers her a promotion if she'll give her husband Roarke up to custody, her reaction is furious. Roarke's Irish past is murky, but he's a changed man - so what is the commander after? With Eve and Skinner at one of Roarke's holiday resorts for a police convention, Skinner's thwarted vengeance soon brings death to their luxury surroundings.