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Synopsis This book is fictional based on a true premise At night an evil entity walked the foggy streets of historic old Charleston carefully choosing his next victim A serial killer raping and killing elderly women had invaded this serene old Southern town steeped in history and picturesque estates Early in the investigation a leak to the press falsely indicated that a man seen near the victim s house at the time of the murder had a Jamaican accent The nightly news program falsely indicates that a blackman is murdering elderly white women This bit of news brings the town to the edge of chaos Our heroes Lt Beau Gasteneau of the Charleston Police and his beer drinking police dog Studs Sally Thornton FBI profiler and the Gray Lady Task Force must find the killer before the town erupts into civil unrest Strangely it is a homeless blackman named JoJo Jones that brings the black and white communities of Charleston back together With one unselfish act he sweeps away all the banners of racial hatred and mistrust Beau and Sally are like oil and water they don t mix Later as the investigation continues they find themselves in harm s way It is then that they discover their true feelings for each other and realize they are in love In the beginning the investigators believe they may be looking for two perpetrators Later they discover that the killer is a multiple personality Inside the killer s twisted mind lives three distinct personalities Little David Delongpre the sexually abused child personality Gaylord Harcourt the lover who considers himself to be a sexual athlete and the Beastie an animal like creature which is the instrument of death In his depraved madness the killer has murdered Dr Michaels his psychiatrist He keeps his decomposed body locked in the closet taped to a wheelchair In the darkest hours of the night they have therapy sessions in the quiet of a rundown third rate apartment Through good police work and use of the FBI