Dead men tell no tales. When a kidnapper winds up in the morgue, can his captive be found before she joins him six feet under? Sydney, Australia. Charlie Cooper needs more time with his family. With his transfer out of homicide to a quieter station fast approaching, the weary detective’s only regret is the decade-long serial killer case he couldn’t crack. But when he’s called to one last murder scene, Cooper can’t believe the victim is the perp he’s been chasing for years. Certain the sociopath’s latest abductee still lives, the desperate cop races to find her before the clock runs out. But with her journalist husband interfering and the question of who felled the psycho looming large, Cooper fears it's lights out on his career… and an innocent's life. Can he tie up the clues and grasp the redemption he craves?