In a quiet and picturesque English countryside where people are still recuperating from the ravages of World War I, the peace of a small
 Surrey village is shattered by the discovery of a horrifying murder. Five victims; four of them killed with military efficiency and,
 judging from the wounds, a military bayonet. The fifth victim, the lady of the house, is found nearly naked, sprawled on a bed, her throat
 slashed with a razor. Even more startling than the actual carnage are two subsequent findings: the lack of any sort of sexual assault and 
the discovery of a child - a young girl hiding beneath a bed.
Scotland Yard sends out Inspector John Madden to investigate the murders. Madden, with some heavy psychological baggage of his own courtesy of 
the war, recognizes the mark of madness in the killer's work and has a unique understanding of the killer's methods, habits, and rituals. While
 the local constabulary figures the murders for a robbery gone horribly wrong, Madden is quick to recognize the presence of a more sinister motive.
 He seeks the help of Dr. Helen Blackwell, a local physician who lost both her brothers and her husband to the war. Dr. Blackwell's professional
 connections include a Viennese psychiatrist who is well versed in the relatively new field of forensic psychology, and together they try to
 develop a psychological profile for the killer.
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