Susan Skoog

A New Jersey teen faces her impending adulthood, dreaming of a life as a successful New York artist. But when she gets caught up in the carefree sport of pre-AIDS sex and drugs, her future becomes less certain.

While investigating a string of prostitute murders, Mary Selby, a TV news reporter, ends up getting abducted by the killer and taught a thing or two about how to be a deranged lunatic.