Kaye isn't the first. And she won't be the last.

Kaye Whiting went out to buy a birthday present and never came back.

She was a promising young woman with a bright future ahead of her—and no enemies. DC Gary Goodhew is unsure where to begin … until he receives an anonymous call promising more disappearances.

Then Kaye's body is found, and that mysterious phone call turns out to be the only clue the police have.

Soon Goodhew is hunting a sadistic sociopath with a penchant for destroying nice young women …