He’s desperate to replace his mother’s love. He’s prepared to go to any extreme to find the perfect replacement. Whether they want to be found or not. Increasingly unfulfilled, his anger mounts and his actions become increasingly bizarre and violent. DI Ziggy Thornes and his team have the highest crime solve rate throughout West Yorkshire. When they are called in to solve the murder of a young female, at first it seems a sickening but straightforward case. When a second body is discovered and another young woman missing, the stakes are raised, and pressure is mounting. Fear is spreading throughout the city, as serial killer stories from Yorkshire’s past circulate once again in the media. Clues are few and far between – until it leads closer to home than Ziggy is prepared for. As the detective crosses paths with the serial killer, only one of them will survive.