On a busy suburban street at almost nine oclock on a misty November evening, two beat cops are machine-gunned down in one of the most brutal crimes St. Louis has ever seen. Did Deputy Chris Hummel and Deputy Wade Childers simply pull over the wrong reckless driver, or did someone target these two for a more sinister reason? Lieutenant George Hastings is the primary investigator on the case, along with his detective Bobby Cain, an inexperienced but...

Co-ed slain. That's the call that brings St. Louis Police Lieutenant George Hastings to the downtown banks of the Mississippi river, where Reesa Woods has been strangled and dumped. The hard-charging Hastings is no stranger to murder, but he's stuck without any leads until a second body--also strangled--turns up across town and he knows he's chasing a monster.--From publisher's description.