There are Seasons and There are Reasons . . . and then there is, The Inevitable, Troy Norton

Leonardo Gibraldi, Baltimore state prosecutor, leaves a trail of promiscuity and one-night stands almost as hard and fast as the Sweet Dreams Psycho, who has started dropping bodies from Louisiana up the east coast as he heads for Maryland, where Gibraldi and detective Ben Cassidy are already making plans for the signature killer who plants roses into his victims, and leaves irrational notes on their pillows.

Cassidy wants to put the first bullet through the "thing's" skull, while Gibraldi wants him behind bars, where he'll try him and fry him for hideous crimes against humanity including the murder of one-time sweetheart, Gina Bellamy.

Gibraldi, who left Love Dreams and Connecticut behind, builds an anxiety ridden career in Maryland, where his full time companion isn't a .45, like Cassidy's, or thrill-seeking actress and socialite Glory Divine, but rather an expired bottle of Xanax, always in his pocket but never used, and a glass of scotch in his hand that needs frequent refilling.

Gibraldi and Cassidy both know serial killers don't always follow patterns, and rarely leave a clue, sometimes slaughtering and evading the law for years until they're discovered by chance, if discovered at all. But if these two lawmen have anything to say about it, the minute the killer sets foot in their city the tables will turn, and the Sweet Dreams Killer will find out what it feels like to become a victim.

Gibraldi and Cassidy have no idea of what they're up against until an intended victim, who miraculously escapes with her life, gives a detailed description of her attacker. It doesn't sound human.  What makes someone behave like an animal? Find out in Sweet Dreams.