When the body is found in Runyon Canyon Park with its teeth and fingerprints destroyed and all the clothes and belongings removed, Detective Gregory of the LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division is certain that the hard part will be identifying the corpse. But soon they have a name, and that's when things get complicated. The Department of Homeland Security unexpectedly takes an interest, a connection to an open case involving a bombing is made, and the body count increases even as motive remains elusive. And the sudden reappearance of a face from Gregory's past, a suspect in the horrific killings of five young girls, will present its own dangers to the case and to the detective. Will the murderers be brought to justice?