Greenwich south-east London. The Mets crack murder squad AMIP is called out by nervous CID detectives to a grim discovery. Five bodies all young women all ritualistically murdered and dumped on wasteland near the Dome. As each post-mortem reveals a singular horrific signature linking the victims officers realize that they are on the trail of that most dangerous offender: a sexual serial killer.Detective Inspector Jack Caffery - young driven unshockable - finds himself facing both hostility within the force and echoes of his past in this his first case with AMIP. Haunted by the memory of a death long ago he employs every weapon forensic science can offer for he knows it is only a matter of time before this chaotic sadistic killer strikes again.