Creegan searches for three abducted children.

Creegan gets a breakthrough in the missing children case.

DI Dave Creegan is forced to draw on his own near-death experience when three hospital patients are murdered one night. Why they were chosen and by whom is not evident until a bizarre message comes to light.

For the second time in his life, DI Creegan comes close to death. The experience gives him crucial insight into the mind of the killer. He is locked in a life or death duel with a killer who is an affront to everything he believes in.

A spate of barbaric attacks on horses leads DI Dave Creegan and the team to a group of youngsters being manipulated through the internet. Meanwhile the youngsters are still on the loose and their targets are no longer animals, but humans.

DI Dave Creegan tries to catch two killers on the loose. He has to enlist the help of convicted murderess Justine Barber to catch the man behind the killings. Meanwhile, Kreitman reaches breaking point.