With this fiery novel in which investigators track down the owner of a refillable lighter in the backrooms of bondage, Valentine Imhof opens a reliquary of pain from the past and makes our hearts race.

When they first met, she was very young. He made her wear a domino mask, he called her Eva, and he taught her to play with fire. Then he lost her. He has constantly searched for her ever since. When she fails to resurface, he starts to leave her messages, traumatizing the police.