Happy fifty third birthday, Doctor. Welcome to the first
day of your death. Dr. Frederick Starks, a New York
psychoanalyst, has just received a mysterious, threatening
letter. Now he finds himself in the middle of a horrific
game designed by a man who calls himself Rumplestiltskin.
The rules: in two weeks, Starks must guess his tormentor’s
identity. If Starks succeeds, he goes free. If he fails,
Rumplestiltskin will destroy, one by one, fifty-two of Dr.
Starks’ loved ones—unless the good doctor agrees to kill
himself. In a blistering race against time, Starks’ is at
the mercy of a psychopath’s devious game of vengeance. He
must find a way to stop the madman—before he himself is
driven mad. . . .