In the Shadow of the Arch

    Joe Keough, formerly a New York City police detective,
has moved to St. Louis to get away from the mayhem of the Big Apple and start
over. Transferred from the energized streets of his hometown of Brooklyn, Keough
is expecting anything but the twisted trail of abductions and murders that await
him. He barely has time to acclimate himself to his new home and job before two
cases capture his attention, his imagination, and-in the case of a little
boy-his heart.
    Five minutes into Detective Keough's new life,
four-year-old Brady Sanders walks into his St. Louis police station, leaving
behind a trail of bloody footprints. So begins a riveting tale of murder and
mystery, from Brady's missing parents and their blood-soaked house, to the
kidnapping of beautiful mothers and their small children.
    Are these events a series of unrelated coincidences, or
is there a serial killer on the loose, stalking and killing the citizens of St.
Louis?
    Keough is forced to realize that life and crime in the
Midwest is no different from life and crime New York. Death is death, no matter
where you live.