He is master of them all.

After years of searching, DCI Kett and the extreme crime task force have finally found Joseph Maynard—one of the last members of Hollenbeck. A psychopath of the highest order, Maynard’s violent and coercive nature has reared its head too many times in recent cases.

It’s time to end his reign of terror once and for all.

But the raid on Maynard’s lair goes wrong. By capturing him, Kett sets in motion a horrific chain of kidnappings—five innocent victims snatched from their homes in the same night.

Only Maynard knows how to save them, but it’s not just freedom he’s asking for in return. It’s something unthinkable.

Kett and the team must find Maynard’s victims before time runs out, because it’s not just their lives on the line.