The Devil Lurks in Dark City
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In the fictional New York City.... there is a love story... He is the detective solving the case... She's the killer behind it...
Bree - a twenty-something accountant living in the city. She is the perfect small town girl. Her three friends think she's the sweetest friends, her parents love and proud of their daughter. But the sweet-faced, perfect Bree has a secret: she's the one behind the strings of Dexter-styled murders in New York. Criminals, one by one, are being hunted by "The Dexter Ripper" with no trace left behind.
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Joe Anderson is a thirty-something detective of NYPD. He has been on the case of "The Dexter Ripper of New York" for months now. Every victim had a disturbing criminal history that questions Joe's morality and whether he must find who is the killer behind all of the terrors or let this killer continue their work.
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