Sanctimony plot
"How do You Stop the killing"
The Monkey Maker killer has turned Seattle into a city of terror. His first six victims had their eyes gouged out, the second six had their ears cut off, and the last four had their tongues ripped out. Inspector Jim Renart and his partner Dorothy Smith investigate the latest victim and interrogate the man who found her, Tom Turner. Tom is an arrogant man who, in search of the ultimate challenge, seems willing to risk everything. The cat-and-mouse game escalates when Renart's pregnant wife is threatened.