This is a ripped-from-the-headlines thriller that takes Alexandra Cooper into the dark underside of New York City's most storied restaurants and a murder case spanning continents. Forty-eight hours after Alexandra Cooper arrives in France to visit her boyfriend and famed restaurateur, Luc Rouget, her vacation in paradise is cut short when a young woman from the village is found murdered. The only evidence discovered on the body is one of Luc's matchboxes...

Successfully completing her latest rape trail, Assistant District Attorney Alex Cooper's victory is spoiled by the discovery of the bodies of two women who have been brutally murdered, and she embarks on a deadly pursuit of a serial killer.