Private Investigator Gemma Lincoln, who last appeared in FEEDING THE DEMONS, is trying to discover who has been raping and murdering street girls from Kings Cross. Parallel cases follow the suspicious death of a high-profile Sydney businessman and philanthropist, and an utterly ruthless drug dealer whose hobby is maintaining a small zoo of poisonous snakes.Gemma has to contend with sabotage from within her small organisation and pangs of jealousy over her boyfriend, Steve, whose own undercover work involves getting up close and personal with an extremely beautiful society woman. How much is Steve acting a role and how much is he really involved with the woman? Haunted by the insecurities of her past, Gemma struggles to pull her life together in increasingly sinister circumstances.

A ‘vampire’ is stalking the streets, attacking beautiful young women; some are murdered days later, others aren’t touched again. Gemma Lincoln, PI, begins to see a pattern and predicts which woman will be targeted next. But can she convince the police to take action?Meanwhile, at the salubrious Sapphire Springs Spa, a cosmetic surgery clinic that boasts the latest breakthrough in the search for eternal youth, clients are experiencing sudden onset depression and worse. Is the exclusive clinic involved in a lethal cover-up? While dealing with this brutal case, Gemma finds that her ex, Steve Brannigan, the father of her son Rafi, desperately needs her help. He is facing career destruction from a woman who also wants Gemma dead. As she moves closer to discovering the appalling truth about the murders, Rafi and Steve disappear. Confronting a mother’s worst nightmare, Gemma realises what she is prepared to do to save her son…

When Private Investigator Gemma Lincoln agrees to investigate a missing student from exclusive ‘Netherleigh Park Ladies’ College’, she finds herself drawn into a double murder case surrounded by a wall of silence. Gemma’s best friend Detective Sergeant Angie McDonald helps, but Angie is overworked. unsupported by an incompetent superior officer and crazy in love. As Gemma searches for her half-sister and follows the last movements of the murdered girls, an anonymous email tips her off. She must get the tell-tale evidence, but will she survive this encounter and the malevolent hatred that’s been following her?