A serial killer is on the loose in South London. The only clues to his identity are a cardboard triangle left at their home of each victim, along with traces of a deadly zombie poison and a series of macabre photographs sent to a priest, Father Raphoe, showing the victims in pseudo religious poses.
Father Raphoe spots a connection between the pictures and a series of religious paintings by 17th-century Renaissance painter Nicholas Poussin. The police must act fast before the body count rises.......