Not far from the glitter of the Las Vegas Valley's world-famous adult playground, a serial rapist and murderer—the Phantom—claims his victims, seeking to inflict pain on those who remind him of the unbearable agony he's endured...

Detective Steve Garneau of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is assigned as the lead investigator on the case. Working under a microscope of feminist groups and politicians alike, he pursues his elusive quarry but makes an unfortunate comment that an unscrupulous reporter overhears—and Garneau's vow not to rest until the killer receives a lethal injection becomes front-page news. Instead of working under a microscope, Garneau finds himself in a white, hot spotlight for all to watch...including a killer both daring and elusive whose next victim could be Garneau's wife or daughter.