Six years ago lawyer Theodore Glenn was convicted of brutally murdering four strippers in San Diego. But as he was dragged from the courtroom he made a vehement promise to kill all those who testified against him ... Robin McKenna a former stripper had shared a stage with all four of the victims. Over the last six years Robins worked hard to turn her life around transforming the strip joint where she once worked with her friends into an upscale bar. Self-defence courses a good security team - and the fact that Glenn is rotting on Death Row in San Quentin have helped her to feel safe again. But not a day goes by when Robin doesnt think of her friends. Or - if shes honest - of homicide detective Will Hooper the man who put Glenn behind bars. Their fledging relationship had not survived beyond Glenns trial. But when a freak earthquake hits California Theodore Glenn escapes San Quentin. Convicted of four murders he knows hes guilty of only three and is determined to find out who framed him for the fourth whilst systematically eradicating all those who put him in prison...