In an abandoned waterfront warehouse in New Orleans, the body of a local priest has been discovered. The cause of death: crucifixion. Now, Damon Rourke, the hard-nosed detective introduced in Mortal Sins, again finds himself combing the seedy back streets of his city in an attempt to catch a killer even as a shocking mystery is revealed. The dead priest was in reality a woman, whose longstanding masquerade may have contributed to her murder. As Rourke is drawn ever deeper into the investigation, a series of disturbing events puts him, and then his family, in immediate danger. As the killer closes in, the suspense keeps building right up to the final, explosive confrontation.