From their sordid haunts they slither like predatory beasts to stalk their prey. Demented minds obsessed with the desire to mutilate tender flesh and defile a virgin's body. In a place like New York, they exist among the ordinary inhabitants-who are unaware of the savages they pass every day. Ellen was one of those unsuspecting people. That is, until she became one of many innocent victims while trying to leave her job. The maniac left his terrible trademark-the thin, crimson cut of violation. Her ravaged body bore only the stains-but in her mind was the fear . . . and fascination. Ellen thought it could be someone she knew, but only one thing was certain-he would strike again Kirk Wade looked at women with hate-colored glasses. His trade was the rough world of pipe-laying men who endure grueling hours. At night they relax in dive bars where their sexual cravings were sought by jaded beauties and down-n'-out tramps. But Marla, he thought, was different until he caught her with another man . . . an erotic experience she had denied him. Kirk soon descended into a private hell, filled with a sick hatred of women that could only be satisfied by acts of brutality The looks of terror in their eyes, the sight of blood-calmed his perverted mind. Fighting back at his sickness, Kirk began to fear he was forever doomed to the hell of brutality
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