To most law-abiding people, a police station represents safety and security. But Detective Superintendent Jack Fulton finds Saddler Street station just the opposite when he takes on a grisly murder enquiry and discovers that his psychotic killer might actually be one of the staff. With the specter of the razor-wielding assassin whom the press have nicknamed The Slicer stalking the shadowy Victorian building, Fulton has to contend not only with press harassment and police who will stop at nothing to get a result but also with other problems much closer to home. As the killer leads him on a grim game of cat and mouse, Fulton has little idea of just how personal that game is about to become.