Now Rusch's heroine, Special Agent Elizabeth Hewitt, comes upon a series of crimes with an unexpected link-the haunting nocturnes of one of the world's greatest composers, stirring a madman with his own visions for beauty, for music, and for death. Victim by victim, note by note, Hewitt is stepping into the darkness to find him-and to experience first-hand the terrifying crescendo of a killer's ultimate inspiration.