Twelve years ago, Matthew Scudder lied to a jury to put James Leo Motley behind bars. Now the brilliant psychopath is free — and the alcoholic ex-cop-turned-p.i. must pay. Friends and former lovers, even strangers unfortunate enough to share Scudder's name, are turning up dead — because a vengeful maniac won't rest until he's driven his nemesis back to the bottle ... and then to the grave.