Jack Till, who has retired from the LAPD after a respected career as a
homicide detective, now works as a private investigator, comfortable
chasing down routine cases while visiting his 24-year-old daughter,
Holly, who has Down Syndrome. But when the parents of a recently
murdered young girl, about Holly's age, ask for his help when the police
come up empty, Till reluctantly takes the case.
It was discovered after her death that the victim had been working as a
high-class prostitute, and the police are content to assume she was
killed by a client, common in such a dangerous line of work. Yet as Till
digs deeper, he realizes that the victim is just one of several young
female escorts killed in different cities in the exact same way - all
had strawberry blonde hair, and all were shot with a 9mm handgun in the
sanctity of their apartments.
Till must find his way around the tawdry and secretive online escort
business, and decode ads placed by young women who all use false names,
sometimes advertise using other women's pictures, and move from city to
city every few months. Yet when Till is finally able to catch up with
the killer, he finds that the man he's after is far more dangerous and
volatile than he ever could have imagined. As the body count rises, Till
must risk his life to find this seductive and ruthless killer whose
murderous spree masks a far deadlier agenda.
