Every Wickedness

A killer known as the Spiderman has San Francisco in its grip. He lures women into his traps and drains them of blood, and the city lives in dread of who he will choose next. Beth Wells, a gifted designer, lost her roommate to him. As she grows more certain of who the murderer might be, she also receives threatening letters, and she does not realize until later that she may already be his next target.

Beth's friend Jim Kearns leads the investigation. He is consumed by the case and tormented by his inability to stop the mounting toll, and his own troubles weigh on him just as heavily.

Vasas-Brown renders the city vividly and captures the media frenzy that persuades the public the Spiderman is a monster. Kearns's task is to prove that the killer is an ordinary man, one who can be caught and who is capable of any evil.