Rich and bustling Las Vegas. The city of Vice, where money can buy everything...Now a shadow of fear hangs over this city. He is being terrorized by a maniac - and so far the police are unable to stop the violence. The killer already has four victims. But what unites a schoolboy and a modest pensioner, a famous playboy and his wife a famous artist in the past? How does a killer choose victims? Where and when will he strike next? Experienced detectives Jonathan Stride and Serena Dial, leading the investigation, come to an unexpected conclusion: the motives for the crimes are hidden in the distant past, when Scheherazade died under mysterious circumstances in the casino beautiful stripper...