Devil in the Deadline

Showing up at a crime scene in full Flashdance costume would not have been reporter Nichelle Clarke's first preference, but when Richmond police spokesman Aaron White calls her to the site of a brutal possible serial killing, she's not about to hesitate. The only witnesses on hand are young vagrants who would sooner cut off their hands than speak to the police. Nichelle's ability to question them is the chance to find out not only who slaughtered the young woman but also provide the mutilated victim with an identity.