" THE DISCOVERY OF A BODY IN BOSTON HARBOR HAS CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR DARBY MCCORMICK LOOKING INTO RELATED CASES: TWO DEAD FEMALE STUDENTS WASH UP, BOTH ABDUCTED MONTHS EARLIER, EACH CARRYING A VIRGIN MARY FIGURINE. IT`S A TROUBLING MYSTERY THAT SUDDENLY TURNS DESPERATE WHEN A THIRD GIRL GOES MISSING. BUT WHEN DARBY MAKES A BREAKTHROUGH, SHE CROSSES PATHS WITH MALCOLM FLETCHER, AN EX-FBI AGENT TURNED VIGILANTE - NOW ON THE MOST WANTED LIST - ON THE HUNT FOR THE SAME PREDATOR. SHOULD DARBY TRUST FLETCHER OR TURN HIM IN? OR CAN SHE FIND THE KILLER ALONE? AND JUST WHO IS THIS MURDERER WHO BELIEVES HE IS A `SECRET FRIEND` TO HIS VICTIMS...? "