When a highly influential politician and businessman is found brutally murdered, it is up to St. Louis Police detective Joe Keough to solve the crime. But when key people connected to the case start turning up dead, Keough realizes that he is dealing with a deadly professional assassin who has an arrogant habit of leaving his bloody handprints as his calling card.An investigation into the victim's past reveals some shady dealings with a host of political hot-shots in town, ranging from two high-powered attorneys all the way up to people in the mayor's office. As Keough tries to navigate through a political maze of corruption and scandal, he becomes the target of a character assassination campaign in the form of trumped-up sexual harassment charges.In order to save himself and his reputation, Keough must track down the vicious serial killer and uncover the identity of the evil master-mind behind it all. Read Less