When Nathaniel Follows first meets Susan, they find a mutual attraction and she invites him to a party. While they make love he sees that she has horribly mutilated her body. Upon rejoining the party, she jumps out a window to her death. Nathaniel must find out what drove this intriguing new woman in his life to suicide.

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