Criminal psychologist Malcolm Brigth knows how killers think and how their minds work. Why? His father is "The surgeon", a serial killer who has taken the lives of more than 20 people. He works with NYPD detective Gil Arroyo; Detective Dani Powell, a headstrong cop; Dr. Edrisa Tanaka, an off-centre coroner; and Detective JT Tarmel, who questions whether Bright is a psychopath himself. But Bright's best resource is his homicidal yet oddly loving father, Dr. martin Whitly. As he helps track down dangerous criminals, Bright also battles his own demons - and it doesn't help that his mother, former leading socialite Jessica Whitley, has an opinion on every aspect of his life. Thankfully, he has the support of his annoyingly normal sister, a TV journalist. Malcolm Bright isn't a serial killer, he was just raised by one. (Verlagstext)