A small-town cop with a drink problem discovers someone is mutilating and murdering people across her district. She realises that the serial killer is hiding a mysterious message inspired by ancient religious texts and becomes dangerously obsessed with deciphering its meaning. Crime thriller based on Inger Ash Wolfe's novel, starring Susan Sarandon and Donald Sutherland.

Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Port Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face with a serial killer driven by a higher calling.