Chief Detective Augustus Mallory faces one of the most bizarre and baffling cases of his career. When he transferred to the quiet East Texas community of Tyler, he never expected to be confronted with another serial killer. Faced with a labyrinth of conflicting clues, he must unmask the "rose" killer. Pagan Mallory wanted to become a detective like her uncle, but when she was caught tampering with crucial evidence by FBI agent Demetri Ranoir, her ambition came to an abrupt end.