What motivates a man to kill? What pushes a person to the point where life means nothing - where death itself becomes a merciful release? Until now, the answer has remained one step ahead of Don Cooper. But that's about to change. he is about to confront the woman of his dreams - only to discover she is the stuff of murderous nightmares. And before he can do anything about it, he will be drawn into a chaotic, darkly perverse relationship that threatens to either kill him, or - if he's lucky - drive him stark raving mad.