The photos pinned to the Strategy Wall in Chief Superintendent Robert DeClercq's office prove that he and his colleagues are up against a monster this time — or is it monsters? First, there's the baffling murder by incineration of eight people in Britain, which seems to have been done simply to steal a corpse. Next, it's two Canada Customs officials who are killed so the corpse can be smuggled into Vancouver. Mixed in with these mysteries are a local porn king, a network of wealthy connoisseurs obsessed with made-to-order snuff videos, and a slew of deformed bodies that are being dumped around the Gulf Islands.

Then there's the madman the Mounties don't know about. The psycho to end all psychos, who have confounded them before. And this time he's looking for diabolical revenge...

This paperback book is in good condition and weighs 6.6 oz.