Pia Kirchhoff, a homicide detective, is preparing for her honeymoon when a phone call from her department disrupts her plans. An elderly woman has been shot dead in the head. No one has any explanation.

Within three days, another woman is murdered with the same weapon in front of her family. The victims had no enemies. Why did they have to die, and why specifically these two individuals? In the following days, more murders occur. Terror spreads throughout the city as no one knows if they will be the next victim.

The entire Homicide Department is searching for a killer who initially seems to kill indiscriminately. However, the killer calls himself a judge and appears to have a mission. And quite a few unsettled scores...

The author weaves with unrivaled talent an intelligent plot in a thrilling detective novel full of twists that keeps the reader in suspense until the last page.