One thing will continue to puzzle Detective Marian McCann: She could never get Barrington to tell her how he picked his victims how he knew they would be alone, why he almost always chose pretty young housewives with small children. Did he stalk them, or were they only spur-of-the-moment choices? He took incredible chances at being discovered or did he? Did he think his only adversaries were helpless women and children? Did he forget that some of the best detectives in three departments were after him and would surely catch up with him? It is now only conjecture; Barrington’s yearlong reign of terror is over.

PART FOUR

THE HANDSOME RAPIST...