Starting with only a cryptic message about an event from a century ago written in the blood of the woman he loved, Malcom Winters races around Chicago piecing together increasingly baffling parts of the puzzle in an effort to solve the crime and gain his vengeance. Together with the help of a brilliant and beautiful science professor, a gruff chef who claims to be in witness protection for trying to assassinate Fidel Castro, and a cross-dressing businessman, he uncovers a bizarre murder spree and draws the attention of the killer to himself and those few people he holds dear.

What begins as concern for a college student from China who starts missing classes takes a more sinister turn when the body of another young Asian woman is found in a shipping crate heading overseas. Reluctant sleuths Malcom and Vinn uncover a baffling set of clues as they race around Chicago’s Chinatown trying to find the student before she meets a similar fate, along the way enlisting the help of a crossdressing businessman, an elderly faux Cuban cook, an overeager journalism student, a government source hiding behind a Vladimir Putin mask, and a posse of eccentric misfits. Their actions draw the attention of the local triad, putting a target on their own backs before a final confrontation in a most unexpected place.

Reluctant sleuths Mal and Vinn are again coerced into investigating a death, this time of an Amish teenager found murdered at a zoo in Chicago. Navigating the unfamiliar world of the Amish proves difficult for the two outsiders. On the verge of giving up, the murder of a young suburban man with no apparent link to the teenager is connected by a singularly bizarre and grisly detail and spurns them on. Trying to tie a girl’s life of horse-drawn buggies and no electricity to that of a man barely out of high school living in his parents’ basement brings together the old gang and a collection of college students as they traverse a dark path that draws them into the realm of a cultist whose belief that celestial beings will visit Earth offers both a possible solution and the risk of death to everyone involved.

Rebecca suffers a series of petty crimes that coincide with the resurfacing of an ex-girlfriend. A figure from Leo’s distant past hovers in the shadows, threatening his life. As Mal and Vinn look to help their friends, what starts as two disparate investigations converge, leading them into the world of the Roma and a band of gypsy grifters. The shocking discovery of a long-buried secret lets them know that Leo’s pursuer won’t stop until Leo and everyone close to him dies. Time is running out as more people die, leading the pair to a desperate final showdown where only one side will emerge alive.

Rebecca suffers a series of petty crimes that coincide with the resurfacing of an ex-girlfriend. A figure from Leo’s distant past hovers in the shadows, threatening his life. As Mal and Vinn look to help their friends, what starts as two disparate investigations converge, leading them into the world of the Roma and a band of gypsy grifters. The shocking discovery of a long-buried secret lets them know that Leo’s pursuer won’t stop until Leo and everyone close to him dies. Time is running out as more people die, leading the pair to a desperate final showdown where only one side will emerge alive.

Rebecca suffers a series of petty crimes that coincide with the resurfacing of an ex-girlfriend. A figure from Leo’s distant past hovers in the shadows, threatening his life. As Mal and Vinn look to help their friends, what starts as two disparate investigations converge, leading them into the world of the Roma and a band of gypsy grifters. The shocking discovery of a long-buried secret lets them know that Leo’s pursuer won’t stop until Leo and everyone close to him dies. Time is running out as more people die, leading the pair to a desperate final showdown where only one side will emerge alive.