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En seriemorder mishandler og brænder folk levende. Han efterlader sig ingen spor, og politiet står magtesløst. Medierne døber ham brændoffer-manden.

Da den kontroversielle, suspenderede efterforsker Washington Poes navn viser sig at være snittet ind i brystet på de forkullede rester af seriemorderens tredje offer, ender Poe mod sin vilje med at blive kaldt tilbage og sat på sagen.

Kriminalassistent Washington Poe er i retten og kæmper for at kunne beholde sit elskede, øde landsted, da han pludselig kaldes ud til et bordel i Carlisle, hvor en mand er blevet tævet ihjel med et baseballbat. Poe undrer sig: Han jagter normalt seriemordere, så hvad skal han på en tilsyneladende banal drabssag? Men det viser sig, at højtplacerede, hemmelighedsfulde personer har ønsket at få netop ham på sagen.

From the author of the John J. Malone Mysteries: An estranged relative becomes heir to a Chesapeake Bay fortune - and his family’s ghostly history. If it hadn’t been for his great-uncle Philip, David Telefair would’ve grown up unwanted, forlorn, and poverty stricken in a New England parsonage. But for 20 years, David’s generous benefactor paid for his education, yearly summer camps, living expenses as he grew older, and any amenities he ever needed.

Poe tells the story of a nervous character, alleged to be “crazy” refusing all claims. He believes that his disposition arises from a heightening of the senses: "Above all was the sense of hearing acute" (74). The narrator takes care of a rich old man whose diseased eye he becomes obsessed with. He becomes so obsessed with this EvilEye that eventually, he decides to kill the old man. But what and how he will do it, is a mystery for you to find out.