A famous psychotherapist becomes the target of a mysterious killer's hunt - this was the plot of Sidney Sheldon's legendary thriller "Tear Off the Mask", which he first published in 1970 and brought the writer international fame. And now Sheldon's favorite student Tilly Bagshaw presents her own version of this story. Los Angeles is rocked by a series of brutal murders. The only thing the victims had in common was that they all knew psychotherapist Nikki Roberts. And very soon Nikki understands: she is doomed to become the killer’s main target, saved “for dessert”... The cunning criminal is constantly ahead of the police. Realizing that she will have to defend herself on her own, Nikki turns to private detective Derek Williams for help.