Two removalists are making a normal pickup at five in the morning in the exclusive Westwood Village neighbourhood when they are fatally struck. It's a man who just materialised naked and without any form of identity. A short while later, a woman is discovered dead in a nearby house that the neighbours believe to be a brothel. Could it be where the dude was from? The case becomes considerably more challenging when renowned psychologist Alex Delaware is called to the scene by LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis. Delaware is familiar with the woman. She also practises psychology. Are the two fatalities connected? Or is something more sinister at play?