A serial killer is terrorizing the senior citizens of Denton, and the local police are succumbing to a flu epidemic. Tired and demoralized, the force has to contend with a seemingly perfect young couple suffering arson attacks and death...

From the author of NIGHT FROST and A TOUCH OF FROST, the first Frost novel for three years, in which Frost and DS Maud are called in to track down a child killer before he claims another victim.