A dark pall hangs over Port Orchard, Washington, after the grisly remains of four young women surface in a matter of weeks. For Sheriff's Detective Kendall Stark, the case is beyond the scope of anything she's ever faced. The only thing she has to go on is the shocking brutality of the slayings--the work of a depraved killer on a gruesome mission.

Time's running out and Stark's instincts tell her victim number five has already been targeted. As a last resort, she investigates a local reporter's uncanny insights into the murders, while forensic pathologist Birdy Waterman confronts the chilling handiwork of a vile mastermind. Together these two women are determined to end a psychopath's reign of terror...