Así comienza el anónimo que recibe Frederick Starks, psicoanalista con una larga experiencia y una vida tranquila. Starks tendrá que hurgar en su memoria y emplear toda su astucia para, en quince días, averiguar quién es el autor de la amenazadora misiva.

De no conseguir su objetivo, deberá elegir entre suicidarse o ser testigo de cómo, uno tras otro, sus familiares y conocidos mueren por obra de un psicópata asesino, decidido a llevar hasta el fin su sed de venganza.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Happy fifty third birthday, Doctor. Welcome to the first day of your death.

Dr. Frederick Starks, a New York psychoanalyst, has just received a mysterious, threatening letter. Now he finds himself in the middle of a horrific game designed by a man who calls himself Rumplestiltskin. The rules: in two weeks, Starks must guess his tormentor's identity. If Starks succeeds, he goes free. If he fails, Rumplestiltskin will destroy, one by one, fifty-two of Dr. Starks' loved ones--unless the good doctor agrees to kill himself. In a blistering race against time, Starks' is at the mercy of a psychopath's devious game of vengeance. He must find a way to stop the madman--before he himself is driven mad...

The psychoanalyst is plunged into a horrific game designed by a man who calls himself Rumplestiltskin. In two weeks, Starks must guess the man's identity and the source of his fury. If he succeeds, he goes free. If he fails, Rumplestiltskin will kill one of Dr. Starks' loved ones each week. He needs to find a way to stop him.