One cryptic note. Five names. Two of those names are already dead.

Detective Barnes has seen some horrific crime scenes. But nothing like this. The dead man is slumped against a wall, head lolling forward, hands hanging limply. He seems to be cradling something in his lap.

Barnes creeps closer and recoils in shock. The victim has been disembowelled while he was still alive.

Four days later, a second body is found in a deserted amusement park on the harbour front. Another middle-aged man. Vicious slash wounds across his chest.

Does Barnes have a serial killer on his patch?

Then a note is delivered anonymously to the station. On it is a list of five names. And a message: He is coming.

Two of those names are already dead. Barnes is caught in a race against time to find the other three before it's too late.