Phil Sagan

Return of the Lakeview Slasher Phil Sagan

September, 1973 - a killer terrorizes the affluent community of Lakeview, slashing the throat and stomach of six seemingly random victims. The murder weapon is found at each scene - a Hansi Brand Chef Knife. The killer is dubbed the Lakeview Slasher by the press and is never apprehended despite the best efforts of law enforcement. September, 1993 - On the unheralded twentieth anniversary of The Lakeview Slasher's initial slaying, a young woman is murdered near a park in Lakeview. Her throat and stomach are slashed and the Hansi Brand Chef Knife used is left at the scene. After two decades of inactivity, has The Lakeview Slasher begun a new killing spree? On the case are Bill Strode and Sandra Cates, the city's most lauded detectives. However, their personal demons, a dark revelation, and vengeful gangsters, force the longtime partners and best friends to work the case in unconventional fashion. They receive reluctant assistance from Thomas Riley, an idealistic rookie detective who is as awed by the duo's deductive skills as he is repulsed by their often unscrupulous methods. A beloved youth pastor's guilt over his past sins, an ambitious psychiatrist's dangerous diagnosis, and a privileged young man's deadly obsession, also factor into this unpredictable crime thriller where the concepts like right and wrong, good and evil, reward and punishment, are not mutually exclusive.