This is the tale of a horrifying journey into the underworld for Burke, an outcast ex-con turned licenced private investigator who makes his living by dispensing cruel but measured justice. He finds himself in a wealthy Connecticut suburb riddled with teenage suicides and covert sadomasochists.
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