Grizzled homicide detective Bernie "Burnout" Farrell heads the hunt for
a serial killer who is murdering call girls around Times Square. Hoping
to set up a stakeout, Farrell recruits tall, blonde, ambitious rookie
cop Gladyss Chronou for the investigation. But Gladyss believes her
mystical yoga practice can give her an intuitive edge in solving the
crimes and sees mythological patterns in the suspects and events they're
investigating. Bernie thinks she's nuts, but then, he's a little too
grounded. In fact, he's on a steady downward spiral: his wife is
divorcing him, his longtime partner just died of AIDS, and he's
developed a nagging cough since working down at Ground Zero.
Gladyss of the Hunt oscillates between chilly street realism and new
age mysticism. As their investigation takes Bernie and Gladyss from arty
society gatherings to shabby hotels and SROs, the narrative offers a
suspenseful, often wittily satirical account of a city that is flashy
and glamorous one moment, dark and violent the next.