James Mackintosh, a high profile journalist, receives a bizarre telephone call announcing a series of three murders. The first of the caller’s predictions comes true and the police are called to the macabre crime scene where an ex-army officer lies crucified to the floor.
As Detective Chief Inspector Paul Chard leads his team to find the killer before the second murder takes place he runs headlong into Major Pennington of military intelligence who is trying to restrict and undermine the investigation. Chard’s only ally in his struggle to catch the killer is his new psychological profiler Dr. Sadie Haslett but, as the two draw ever closer in both their professional and personal relationships, even she is not all she at first seemed.
When the murder hunt reaches its extraordinary conclusion, the killer’s last act causes shock waves that reverberate around the world.