A brilliant surgeon becomes a multiple killer... to preserve the beauty of the woman he loves.

Himself responsible for the accident which disfigures her, Sir John Rowan performs a brilliant operation to restore Lynn's horribly scarred face.

But the effects are short lived.

Spurred by his infatuation for her, he is forced to repeat in secret the dangerous but vital operation on Lynn's face.

And each time he operates, a woman is found murdered... and disfigured.