Homicide Detective Paris Murphy, as smart, as intuitive, as reckless as she was when we met her in Clean Cut, tracks a bizarre killer with whom she shares a past, a past that puts her own life in danger. When Paris Murphy sees tall, awkward Justice Trip on television, "a concerned citizen" who has found a grisly clue in the search for missing bridesmaid Bunny Pedersen, Paris is sure that she has seen him before. When she remembers where she knew Trip long ago, she is uneasy; and when her assignment to the case leads her to meet Trip, her superb detective's intuition convinces her that there is something disturbing about his involvement. Before long, it becomes clear to Paris that Trip is Bunny's killer, that his kills may be many, and that their shared history puts Paris herself in jeopardy.