For most of the winter, Detective Harvey Havoc and his partner Shay Smith's cases have been as cold as the Motor City weather. But when a strangely mutilated body turns up, the stakes suddenly rise. Could the ruthlessly smart, self-centered buisness mogul James Markot be behind the bisected bodies? Or is someone else lurking in the city's shadows? Meanwhile, amid the killer's sone-cold rampage, Harvey and Shay's partnership is heating up. Through the chilling chaos and bleak bloodshed, only one thing is certain: They're playing The Technician's Game