In a pricey bachelor pad, a tormented man loses the battle for his soul…and dies a terrible death, apparently by his own hand….
In a huge hospital complex, an ex-nurse steals through the halls, hiding behind a phony ID…and plotting to exact a terrifying revenge….
In an elegant high-rise, a driven psychiatrist tries to manipulate the truth…and escape punishment for the sins of her past….
Deadly obsessions at a prestigious psychiatric institute, where people are dying–and killing–for love, lead NYPD Detective April Woo and eminent psychiatrist Jason Frank into the dangerous and shadowy area of sabotage and criminal responsibility–in an institution where a cold-blooded killer lurks…and where words can be the most lethal weapon of all.
A serial killer leaves a college coed to die in the California desert, his signature of fire seared into her flesh….
A beautiful Chinese-American detective, recently transferred from Chinatown to the Upper West Side, is assigned a routine missing-persons case…
A famous doctor returns home from a lecture to discover that his actress wife has been living a secret life….
Now, the paths of the cop, the killer, and the psychiatrist are about to converge….
A savage killer is on the loose in New York City. His calling card is a tattoo of flames; his trail of victims leads from the scorched sands of Californa to the blistering heart of Manhattan.
Only Detective April Woo can block this vicious madman’s next move. And with the help of psychiatrist Jason Frank, this NYPD policewoman will prove that the predator she’s hunting is no ordinary killer–but then, April Woo is no ordinary cop.