俗話說"見過那不勒斯，死也瞑目"。傑剋•金馬上就能領悟這句話隱含的真義瞭。近來發生的五起婦女失蹤案引起瞭心裏學傢露絲安娜•剋萊德的極大關注，FBI的偵察專傢傑剋•金則一直在在暗中追蹤她的一舉一動，他認為剋萊德絕不像她看上去那麼簡單。

接著，在維蘇威火山的丘陵一帶，發現瞭其中一名婦女被燒焦的屍骨。幾天之後，一個連環殺人魔的秘密墓地被人掘開，裏麵空無一物。憲兵隊中新來的偵探，西爾維亞•托姆絲接手此案，這對初來乍到的她可是個棘手的處女秀，於是她不得不求助於傑剋的豐富經驗。那不勒斯已經被恐怖秘密組織――剋莫拉所牢牢撐控，傑剋與西爾維亞很快就意示到，在這樣一個竟然將謀殺求生存的罪惡之城，要追捕一名凶手是在用生命冒險。

Jack King is about to learn the truth behind the saying: see Naples and die! Expert profiler Jack King is on the trail of Luciano Creed, a psychologist obsessed with the cases of five missing woman. Jack is convinced Creed is not all he seems! Then the burnt bones of one of the women are uncovered on the foothills of Mount Vesuvius. Within days a serial killer's secret graveyard is laid bare. For the Carbinieri's newest detective, Sylvia Tomms, it's a tough first case and she calls on Jack's expertise. But Naples is in the grip of the terrifying Camorra mob. And Jack and Sylvia soon discover just how dangerous hunting one killer can be - in a city where murder has become a way of life! This is a menacing new thriller from the author of "Spider", featuring FBI Profiler Jack King.