Allingham and his crew are back, forced to confront an evil unlike anything any of them have ever known. Redheaded women are dying. Will Rebecca Allingham, nee Halsted, be next? The great sleuth-hound Allingham will have to summon all his skill and guts to overcome a horrific monster that has come to disrupt the peace and quiet of their retirement with a deadly game of cat and mouse. Rosario and Hobbs are once again pressed into service to track down a bloodthirsty revenge killer. Ride with them on this desperate journey . . .