Detective Michael Tabb knows the city of St. Louis like the back of his hand. He felt its true inner self and its dark belly: but he didn't know who took the life of the young girl in the darkness and light. He only knew that their burned and shattered bodies were being washed ashore along the Mississippi River and could never come back. He has a scar left from an intimate encounter. Now, he lives in the darkness himself, perhaps too deep. He only feels physical pain when another young girl goes missing or is washed ashore. While self healing, he avoided and embraced the assassin, getting further and further away from his own radiance. To be honest, the closer he gets to his own death, the closer he gets to solving the case.