A Detective Carmine Mansuer Mystery. Book 1. A woman goes missing, taken by a seriel kidnapper whose exacting pattern of degradation and torture brings his victims to the brink of death. Each woman is returned to her loved ones just before she topples over the edge. One woman per state. This time, the woman is Detetive Carmine Mansuer's boss. Where in Boston is the abductor's black hole. Clues are scarce and time is short.