A heart-scorching thriller from an international bestselling author. From someone who knows very well what it's like to be a crime reporter. Because he himself was one for many years. He fully felt the suffering of the victims and their loved ones, the tension and pain of the law enforcement officers. He personally communicated with criminals whose consciousness was turned inside out. Rick put all this rich experience into his book. The brilliant journalist Tom Reed was sure that he had found the animal that the whole of San Francisco was hunting for. The brutal killer of a two-year-old girl. Reed came to him alone and announced that the scoundrel's days were numbered. Without waiting for justice, he committed suicide... but it turned out that this was a wild mistake. The name, the reputation, everything went to waste. Tom is on the verge of self-destruction. But the beast is still in the city - and now new child abductions have begun. Reed was given a second chance to reveal the truth. And this chance will cost him much, much more than the last one. He learns what the real abyss of obsession is, compared to which his own obsession is nothing...