A superstitious killer targeting young women in every borough of New York City has Detective Michael Bennett facing his most terrifying case since Step on a Crack. Aboard a police boat on the Hudson River,Detective Michael Bennett casts a wary eye into the coldrough water. NYPD is searching for a murder victim–a young college student. They find her tossed in the dark wavesdressed for a night out in a sparkly black gown. The gruesome sight fills Bennett with the dread only a father could fathom. As the obsessive killer extends his spreea pattern emerges. One that Bennett’s eldest daughter fits to a disturbing degree. Now NYPD’s top detective must lure the murderer into the light of day before the next deadly strike lands closer to home than Bennett could ever bear–as a parentor as a protector.