the color of bruisesAn unorthodox killing draws the attention of the two officers working on the case, Phyllis Conway and her ex-partner, newly promoted detective Alistair Rhodes. The unusual victim, location, and execution of the murder remain mysterious until another victim is found the next day.
The mystery surrounding the murders begins to dissolve as connections are found between Phyllis and the victims. Amidst her frustrations with work and her newly pretentious ex-partner, Phyllis starts to explode under the pressures of a new Internal Affairs investigation into her relationship with this series of victims.
When the killer begins taunting Phyllis with phone calls and the plan for more killings, Phyllis grasps at straws to hold onto her sanity. Her relationships at work begin to crumble, and the IA investigation continues to implicate her as it finds more and more connections between her and the murder victims.
But it all falls apart when the killer reveals her knowledge of Phyllis’ past. Old secrets and lies threaten both Phyllis and Alistair and strain their relationship to the breaking point while they argue their best course of action. It’s the killer’s final phone call and her declaration of a final murder that spurs Phyllis to action, and one of the hardest decisions she’ll ever have to make.