Lee Karaim

After his father takes his two brothers and high tails it, Peel is forced to grow up in a state of arrested development. Once his mother dies, he must forge his own path and attempts to find his lost brethren.

A hitchhiking teenager, Dawn, accepts a ride from a demented sadist, Karl, who drugs her and holds her prisoner in a secret room. The perverted man then kidnaps Dawn’s best friend before going on a murderous rampage. Finally Dawn escapes her psychotic enslaver only to find herself emotionally damaged and in need of the release that only Karl can bring.

Suspense novelist William Rhodes is suffering from a severe case of writer's block. Under extreme stress, William is unable to produce the novel that was due to his publisher weeks ago. When William's neighbor is murdered just feet away from his own boat, he finds himself being questioned by the police. Not only has William become a suspect, but Detective Sanchez points out that the murder was committed in the same fashion as one of the murders in William's first novel, "Midnight". While he concentrates on writing his book, the real killer has moved in next to him, leading William into a dangerous game of cat and mouse.