Martin Vail, Chicago's chief prosecutor is investigating a serial murder case and the suspect is an altar boy who has been locked in a high-security institution for ten years.
Kriminalroman. Den tidligere forsvarsadvokat Martin Vail, nu offentlig anklager, involveres i opklaringen af to mord, som umiskendeligt bærer seriemorderen Aaron Stamplers signatur. Men han sidder på tiende år i forvaring på en psykiatrisk klinik
Lawyer Martin Vail confronts a legal nightmare that he helped create when a chain of serial murders resurrects the demonic Aaron Stampler, the psychotic killer whom Vail had rescued from the electric chair.
Chicago prosecutor Martin Vail finds his life on the line when Aaron Stampler, a murderer Vail saved from execution on a plea of insanity, is judged to be cured and is released to carry out his plan of getting even with everyone who helped put him away.
Martin Vail, Chicago's chief prosecutor is investigating a serial murder case and the suspect is an altar boy who has been locked in a high-security institution for ten years.