Alec Keller had wanted to be a detective since he was sixteen. - He didn't know why, it was just something he wanted. He studied sherlock holmes and murder novels, And flew through phycology classes. Instead of going out with his mates, he stayed inside and studied. He graduated college and universität with outstanding grades. When he was 25 he made it into the Criminal Analysis unit. Alec was one of the best detective his boss had ever seen. He spent a couple of years locking up shoplifters and drug dealers. Then he was placed in Homicide.

After a few cases he and his partner, Patrick, came across JACKIE. A young boy was found in a wood. the body mutilated, his fingers had been cut off and his face was barely recognizable. it took forensics 3 days to identify him as twenty Jahr old Dean Rodgers. A message had been left at the scene for alec, it had been signed Jackie. The Weiter body they found was patrick. Alec refused to have a new partner and worked alone. Over a whole year, 30 bodies were found, each one had a clue leading to the next, and a message for Alec.

Then they found a man, later named Michael Taylor, fleeing from a scene. he confessed to the murders strait away. But alec wasn't convinced, The killer had been so careful up till then, Why the sudden slip up? Why pretend that he was a woman? Why target Him? Why Confess so easily? these are the Fragen that kept alec awake at night.

Alec received a phone call form a pay phone,it was a woman. She asked him to say goodbye and thank Du to Michael. They later found out that Michael was just an accomplice, a distraction while she escaped. The real murderer disappeared, and for years no Mehr bodies were found. Until now...