Imagine a world where serial killers, corrupt politicians, good beer, great music and teenage murder victims are one. This is the world of Portland Homicide Detective John Dudek. His increasingly troubled mind is as filled with fantasies about rollergirls and lyrics of classic grunge songs as it is with the horrors and violence that are slowly drowning him. It's all he can do to hang on while he tries to solve one of the most challenging cases he has ever encountered: the death of a seventeen-year-old boy.