Yahsmin Daviault

Детектив из Чикаго становится одержимым одной целью – раскрыть тайну серийных убийств, происходящих на протяжении десятилетий и не поддающихся объяснению. Единственная зацепка – все эти расправы как-то связаны с лунным календарем.

One day, for no apparent reason, a cop kills 11 children. The same day, horror novelist Thomas Roy tries to commit suicide after cutting his fingers. At first glance, nothing seems to link the two events – until Dr. Paul Lacasse, a disillusioned psychiatrist, takes over the case. Prompted by his colleague Jeanne, a fan of Thomas Roy, Dr. Lacasse investigates the writer’s past. Hounded by a gossip columnist, Dr. Lacasse uncovers a series of troubling facts that bolster his convictions about the case. As he tries to reassemble the pieces of the puzzle in order to better treat the famous writer, Dr. Lacasse is dragged further and further into a series of events, with terrifying consequences.

In an ethereal, high-ceilinged room, women stand, waiting. Perhaps it's Purgatory and they're dead. In the room, two young women, one an actress and the other a psychologist, watch the last few days of their lives on a TV screen. Both are having affairs with married men, each has a long encounter with her lover's wife, and both these scenes take place in a ladies' room, one backstage at a play that's about to preview, the other at an opera house during the first act. The relationships between each pair of younger and older women take surprising turns, and in the room with the TV, a sylph asks probing and challenging questions of the two young women as they watch.

Линкольн Райм — знаменитый криминалист, автор множества книг, навсегда прикованный к больничной постели. Амелия Донаги — начинающий полицейский, делающий первые неуверенные шаги по кровавым мостовым. Когда в городе появляется страшный маньяк, она становится глазами и ушами Райма на обезумевших от ужаса улицах.С ее помощью гений криминалистики пытается разгадать тайный шифр, скрытый в непредсказуемых убийствах.