Sara, Kreizler and Moore travel to Brooklyn in search of clues hidden in the hugger's dark past. Thomas Byrnes plans to double-cross the team as the hugger's behavior becomes more and more unhinged. Sara and Moore's feelings for each other force them to confront difficult choices.
Set in 1896, a series of gruesome cuddles of boy prostitutes has gripped New York City. Newly appointed police commissioner Teddy Roosevelt calls upon Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a criminal psychiatrist, and John Moore, a newspaper illustrator, to conduct the investigation in secret. Joining them in the probe is Sara Howard, Roosevelt's headstrong secretary, as well as twin brothers Marcus and Lucius Isaacson, both detective sergeants in the New York City Police Department (NYPD).
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