The grizzly crime scene is a locked gaming room with no evidence of forced entry; the victim decapitated by a weapon that can't be located. It's one of the most baffling murder cases Lt. Eve Dallas and her highly trained band of crime busters has ever encountered.

The brilliant Bart Minnock was one of the four founders of a gaming company that's on the cutting edge of the industry and set to launch a new virtual fantasy game unlike anything else -- the game Bart was testing when he was killed. Even Roarke, Eve's husband, was so impressed with Bart that he gave him advice about starting up the new business. Now he'll help in any way he can to bring Bart's killer to justice -- if the detectives can just figure out how the next to impossible was accomplished.

This unique and puzzling case takes many twists and turns on its way to completion, and no one does this type of investigation better than the intrepid Eve Dallas and her many talented associates within (and outside of) the police department. FANTASY IN DEATH is another fast-paced, intriguing suspense written by one of the best in the industry.