A serial killer by circumstance, he moves across the country to escape his demons, only to find new ones in each city. He desperately tries to avoid repeating his crime, but the deaths keep coming. He is convinced the deaths are a punishment meted out by the hand of God. Detective Sarah James is relentless and eventually finds the right clues to connect the various murders he has committed. She follows him doggedly in her effort to see that justice is served. The killer's name is never spoken, but it is revealed to the attentive reader in one laughable clue.