Mertvaya hvatka

V centre Braytona proizoshlo dorozhno-transportnoe proisshestvie. Pod kolesami refrizheratora pogib yunosha velosipedist. V DTP uchastvovali esche dve mashiny, za rulem kotoryh nahodilis' molodaya zhenschina Karli Cheyz i paren'-lihach, tut zhe pokinuvshiy mesto avarii. Kazalos' by, obychnaya tragediya bol'shogo goroda - ne bolee togo. Odnako vskore odin za drugim policiya obnaruzhivaet trupy voditelya refrizheratora i parnya-lihacha, ubityh s predel'noy zhestokost'yu. Delo peredaetsya v otdel tyazhkih prestupleniy, kotorym rukovodit superintendent Roy Greys. Ego sotrudnikam predstoit v kratchayshiy srok nayti ubiycu, chtoby predotvratit' gibel' tret'ey vozmozhnoy zhertvy - Karli Cheyz.