The Guilt Beneath

In 1987, homicide detective Lucan Kade's wife tragically disappeared never to be recovered the last-known victim of a serial killer dubbed by the media as, The Cipher. The killer carved various religious symbology into the skin of young women then buried these victims alive, leaving behind a severed thumb and cryptic clues to their locations. Donna, the victim before his wife, Kade was able to find and rescue. Now—twenty-five years later—Donna is abducted in the same manner as before. Has The Cipher returned after all these years or is this a copycat as former cop Kade, now turned private investigator, contends? Assisted by his son and daughter-in-law, Kade hacks a bloody swath through a crooked lawyer and a violent biker gang who warn him off the case to uncover answers at long last. The question is, will Kade ever move on from his guilt in failing to save his wife and his unlawful interference in the case all those years ago? Will Kade finally be able to close the case, locate his wife's body, and ultimately achieve some closure? Also, thrown into the mix, is Kade’s on-off relationship with his wife’s sister, Audrey. Will their relationship finally develop past the specter of this old case?