Inspector Devlin investigates a series of gruesome murders around the Irish borderlands. When a young woman is found beaten to death on a building site, his enquiries point to a local body-builder. And then days later, a born-again ex-con James Kerr is found crucified. Devlin is determined to stop the murderer be-fore they strike again, even as the carnage begins to jeopardise those he cares about most.