Jared McKean is a private detective who has been unjustly dismissed from his job and has gone through a divorce with a woman he still loves. Jared's nephew has fallen into the influence of a dangerous goth crowd, where the leader is a mind-manipulating sociopath who is then found butchered and posed on a pentagram. Could Josh be the next target, and will Jared be able to match his wits with the most terrifying killer he has ever encountered?

Nashville private investigator Jared McKean has a son with Down's Syndrome, a best friend with AIDS, an ex-wife he can't seem to fall out of love with, and a weakness for women in jeopardy --- until one frames him for muder.