'As he stared down at her, she managed to reach up and scratch his face, feeling the skin slide under her nails, feeling her own skin being greased by a spurt of his blood. Her other hand reached up and found the binoculars around his neck. She thumped them against his head, and thumped again, harder. His body slowly crumpled against her... But before she could get away she felt hands on her neck. They tightened. The scream died in her throat.'
Jack Maclean, Hollywood actor, is in Australia making a film with his director wife, Karin. His part: Joshua Harris, the murderous preacher. But as Jack acts out his role for the cameras, so does a murderer- for real- in the dark streets of Melbourne...