What starts out as a seemingly ordinary murder investigation for London Detective Tom Thorne soon escalates into a series of linked killings as more bodies turn up with a mysterious piece of evidence on the bodies.

Fifteen years ago, Raymond Garvey brutally murdered seven women. He was apprehended, convicted and subsequently died of a brain tumor while in prison. Now, three years after his death, someone is killing the offspring of his victims, leaving pieces of the x-ray of his tumor clutched in their hands. Could it be that the heretofore unknown child of Garvey is now killing the children of his father's victims?

After four murders, will Thorne be able to stop this brilliantly evil monster before he kills the remaining three relatives on the list? The culmination of the case is not what Thorne expected and appalling to everyone working the complicated case.

Even though readers know who is doing the killings, his actual identity and the events leading up to apprehending him is shocking. This crime thriller will keep readers totally riveted, turning pages long into the night to reach the explosive ending.