Deadly Virtues

Stephanie Burton is dripping in degreesboth academic and professional. And, shes drop-dead gorgeous. Hers is a voice that pierces the din and circus antics of cable news broadcasting; she conveys genuine compassion and civility to her growing audience, compelling viewers to reach higher, behave more nobly. Eventually, shes hailed as Americas Moral Compass.

But something evil lurks behind Stephanies attractive and charismatic persona. Privately, she contends with emotional scars as sordid as any of the sensationalized stories the networks feast upon. In her deep-seated hatred for men, she carries out a plan to make them pay.

When thirty-four-year-old Prize Calloways dead body is discovered in his Grandview, Missouri, apartment, officials begin to look for connections. Soon, Andie Morrison, a data analyst with the Kansas City Police Department ties Calloways death to two other brutal sex killings and a motivational speaking tour. The investigation heads down one blind alley after another as the public fixates on every detail, with one virtuous voice at the center.