Everything is getting too close for comfort for Detective Inspector Lorraine Hunt. A killer is stalking the streets of Houghton-le-Spring, targeting young women and killing them brutally, and without mercy. Selina, the daughter of Lorraine's partner, DS Luke Daniels, is a beautiful and wilful sixteen-year-old with a dark history. Just as it seems she's finally getting back on her feet, she's attacked. Is Selina's past catching up with her? Or could it have been the White Rose Killer? The closer the killer gets, the more elusive he becomes. Lorraine faces her toughest case yet as her resources are tested to the limit by a killer with no conscience, no remorse. Just a pitiless hatred for the girls who inspire desire within him...