Surfers Paradise - the tropical playground of sun, surf and sex. But beneath the glamorous surface lies a dark underbelly of terror and death. A deranged killer stalks the city - two elderly women are already dead, their bodies mutilated beyond recognition. On the case are Warren Hughes, an incompetent Queensland cop; Jack Warner, a bitter ex-cop turned private investigator and Merv Breen, a Sydney detective battling his own personal nightmare. And while the increasingly desperate search goes on for the killer, someone is watching Jack Warner's daughter very closely indeed...