Acclaimed artist Julian Ross has just been found standing over her
husband's bloody corpse in their New York City apartment. Julian claims
that she slept peacefully beside him while he was violently stabbed in
their bed. But police are skeptical, especially since Julian's first
husband was killed and mutilated in exactly the same way. Julian turns
to the tough-as-nails crime writer Lydia Strong, who plunges into the
case with her signature grit and the help of her partner, P.I. Jeffrey
Mark. Meanwhile, Lydia learns that Jed McIntyre, the serial killer who
murdered her mother, is on the loose in New York. McIntyre is out for
Lydia's blood, and his presence forces her to confront the evils of her
past while solving her toughest murder case yet.