EllenCarter'scareerisontherocks.Shehasn'twrittenaworthynovelsinceherhusbandwentmissingandshewassuspectedbythepoliceofmurderinghim.Totopitalloff,shehasreasontobelievethathernewtenantLeslieSteckleristheserialkillerresponsibleforanumberofdeathsintheregion.Butwhatshedoesn'tknowisthat,inthemeantime,Stecklerhasdiscoveredalittlesecretabouther...