Mr Marseille is polite, elegantand erudite. He would do anything for his true love Anabelle. And he is a psychopath.
A quiet Philadelphia suburb. A woman cycles past a train depot with her daughter. And there she finds a murdered girl posed on a newly painted bench. Strangled.
Seven days later, two more young victims are discovered in a disused house, posed on painted swings. This tim, though, there is something extra waiting for Detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano.
A delicate porcelain doll. It's a message, and a threat.
With Marseille and Anabelle stalking the city, Detectives Byrne and Balzano have just one week to find the link between the murders before another innocent child is snatched from its streets.