((GER-Z AU FIC)) GERARD A. WAY: Detective for the New York City Police Department. His style is strange, but with no doubt, he is the best detective the NYCPD ever had. He's solved every case handed to him. Murder? Check. Drugs? Check. Prostitution? Check. But to crack this new case, he'll need a little unconventional help: the help of one of the criminals he busted. LINDSEY A. BALLATO: Criminal mastermind locked in the Bedford Hill's Correctional Facility For Women, paying her time for over a decade of managing NYC's biggest drug and prostitution rink. Her only way out? Teaming up with NYC's best detective to crack a serial killer case. The only catch? They have her chained up for her and the public's protection, a set of handcuffs just long enough for her to function. And Gerard can lock her back up anytime he wants.