Dedicated young psychologist Dr. Jeremy Carrier is unschooled in theways of violent crime and incalculable evil - until his life isirreversibly touched by both. When his romance with nurse Jocelyn Banksis cut short by her kidnapping and brutal murder, he is left emotionallydevastated and being warily eyed by police seeking a prime suspect inthe unsolved killing. To escape the pain, he buries himself in his work.But when more women turn up murdered in the same gruesome fashion asJocelyn, the suspicion surrounding Jeremy intensifies and the only wayfor him to prove his innocence is to follow the trail of a cunningpsychopath.Spurring on Jeremy's investigation is Dr. ArthurChess, an enigmatic pathologist who harbors a keen fascination with thedarker deeds committed by the living. Arthur draws Jeremy into theconfidence of a cryptic society devoted to matters unknown and unspoken.But when Arthur suddenly slips away, Jeremy is left to contend with anonslaught of anonymous clues - and the growing realization that aharrowing game of cat and mouse has been set in motion.