Law Against Crime #3

A young woman named Helen Kukor is found murdered in a Philadelphia boarding house, her forehead marked with a lipstick smear that resembles a red circle—echoing a pattern from a five-year-old crime spree. As detectives re-examine the past, they uncover a trail linking the current killing to a serial killer with a distinctive tattoo, forcing them to piece together a pattern from old letters, a forgotten skating rink, and a chilling connection to a psychiatric hospital.

In the quiet town of Ogden, Austin Cox’s violent abuse of his wife, Wanda Mae, reaches a breaking point when she flees to seek help from District Judge Lewis Trueman. After the judge grants her a divorce and orders Cox’s arrest, a vengeful Austin goes on a murderous rampage, targeting those who aided her—before confronting the judge himself in a final, bloody confrontation.