"Kate MacLean can't shake the image that the pretty teenager - her hands folded and her clothes neatly arranged as she lay along a suburban bridle path - looks like a sleeping princess. But no prince's kiss will ever wake her up. It is a murder case that touches Kate's heart and hardens her resolve to solve it, even though she has just lost the man who meant the most to her - her partner Sam." "Sam's decision to reconcile with his wife and request nine-to-five desk duty is a blow to Kate professionally. She'll be out on the streets alone - or worse, riding with a ringer from the all-male homicide department who wants to see the first woman in their ranks fail. Sam's announcement hits Kate personally even harder, cutting off the growing feelings that were making them best friends - and perhaps lovers." "Now she suspects that a twisted kind of love or desire is behind this case of the gently handled corpse."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved