Lieutenant Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels is having a bad week. Her boyfriend has left her for his personal trainer, she is suffering chronic insomnia, and a frightening killer who calls himself "The Gingerbread Man" is dumping mutilated bodies in her district.
Full of laugh-out-loud humour and gripping suspense, it introduces a wonderful heroine in the tradition of Stephanie Plum and Kay Scarpetta.