Edgar Lamp is not your average,

garden-variety mass murderer l,ike

most serial killers, he isn t too fond

of other people. What sets Lalnp apart

is his technique: he has a unique way

of separating his victims from their

internal organs. Call it his signature. It

is ugly.

Lieutenant Husky Martin. LAPD.

Homicide Division, is the one who fi-

nally apprehends Edgar Lamp. The

only thing lett to do is to ship him hack

to Texas lor trial. But Lamp is not the

type to go quietly, as his unfurtunate

escorts thud out. Now Martin has to go

afterhim again and this time. Lamp

is after him too.

Martin likes to work alone hut he

does have a partner of sorts on the Lamp

case: Garth Cheesbro. an old college

friend who hits ehosen a more sensihle

career. He is a writer.His latest subject

is Edgar Lamp.

The list of Lamp s victims is growing

first, anti the story one eyewitness tells

is ahnost too bizarre to believe. Ahnust.

until Lamp pulls offhis pet project: he