Five years ago, three young victims were found dead,
posed like little angels. There were no witnesses. Strangely
clean scenes. The Sleeping Angel Killer called his
despicable acts "the perfect crimes."
The case
immobilized the close-knit community of Rockford, Illinois,
and nearly destroyed homicide detective Kitt Lundgren's
career -- and her life. During the investigation, Kitt
tragically lost her own child to illness. She was
overwhelmed by the death of her daughter, and the final blow
was the crushing realization that she let the killer get
away.
Now the Sleeping Angel Killer is back.
Familiar with every nuance of the cold-case file,
Kitt knows there's something different about this new rash
of killings -- a tiny variation that opens terrifying new
possibilities. Is the Sleeping Angel Killer really back, or
is a copycat killer re-creating the original "perfect
crimes"?
But Kitt has no authority in this
investigation. Young, ambitious detective Mary Catherine
Riggio is heading up the Sleeping Angel Killer case. M.C.
knows that Kitt wants back in and she's smart enough to
realize that Kitt's obsession with the case has given the
detective insight that M.C. lacks. But M.C., intent on
proving herself, fears Kitt will blow the investigation --
again.
Then Kitt starts receiving disturbing phone
calls. It's him -- the Sleeping Angel Killer -- and he makes
Kitt an unthinkable offer: help in finding his copycat.
Forced to rely on each other, Kitt and M.C. must decide
whether to place their trust in a murderer . . . or risk
becoming victims of a fiend who has taken the art of the
perfect murder to horrific new heights.