It begins with a letter. The letter contains a request - think of a number - and a sealed envelope. Inside the envelope is that number. When Dave Gurney, retired NYPD homicide detective, is contacted by an old college acquaintance about startling letters he's been receiving. How else was he able to predict his victim's thoughts, even his actions?

Dave Gurney, retired NYPD homicide detective, finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation that makes no sense. The killer seems to have known his victim intimately. The killer is smart and he is playing with the police. Gurney needs to be smarter if he's going to catch him, but this seems only to be the beginning. And the killer alone knows where it will end. Twin Peaks meets Tell No One in this mindblowing thriller that is set to become one of the most talked about publishing events of 2010.