Twenty random murders of women remain unconnected in police files, but Det. Sgt. Lloyd Hopkins sees a pattern. Intelligence and madness are pitted against each other in the shattering climax. nDetective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins cant stand music, or any loud sounds. Hes got a beautiful wife, but he cant get enough of other women. And instead of bedtime stories, he regales his daughters with bloody crime stories. Hes a thinking mans cop with a dark past and an obsessive drive to hunt down monsters who prey on the innocent. Now, theres something haunting him. He sees a connection in a series of increasingly gruesome murders of women committed over a period of twenty years. To solve the case, Hopkins will dump all the rules and risk his career to make the final link and get the killer.