The murderer was known as "Van Goth." Leaving a bloody trail of bodies from coast to coast, this serial killer marked his targets with a gruesome signatue: he harvested the victim's right ear. After a viscious manhunt, the FBI took him out. But for Boston attorney Jimmy Morrissey, Van Goth's death was only the beginning.
Two FBI agents show him a chilling piece of evidence found in Van Gogh's apartment: the photograph of a beautiful woman, with Morrissey's name and address scrawled on the back. Who is she, and what connects her and the serial killer to Morrissey? To discover the truth, Morrissey takes on a client who no longer exists and mounts a defense for the dead.