In the attic of a deserted tenement, the body of a criminal is found
hanging with his face horribly mutilated. Investigating officers
Detective Inspector Anderson and Detective Sergeant Costello believe he
was a suspect in a decade-old case: the rape and attempted murder of a
young student. There are other similar cases on file. But the dead man
didn't act alone. He had an accomplice in his crimes.
When another young woman is brutally attacked, Anderson and Costello
suspect the accomplice has developed a taste for killing. To satisfy his
lust he will kill again and again unless Anderson and Costello can stop
him.