He is aware of how murderers reason. What if the murderer has more information? When psychiatrist Andi Manette and her two daughters leave the parent-teacher conference, it is raining. She is sleepy and preoccupied, so she doesn't see the red van parked next to her or the door opening. The hand reaching out to her and her daughters is the last thing she sees. A blood-stained shoe is in the grasp of deputy chief Lucas Davenport as he stands in the parking lot hours later. He is aware that this case will be challenging, but he is unaware that in a nemesis more cunning and depraved than any he has hitherto pursued, he may have found his match. a murderer who is more adept at psychological tricks than Davenport