Karen Wilkes is haunted by the threat of "The Carver.

" So far he has reserved his savagery for local prostitutes, a deep cut in the shape of a "C" or an "L," but where would he strike next? The culprit could be a number of men, even someone in Karen's life. Her neighbour Colin worships her. Night-club owner Leonard Murdoch has made his interest in Karen clear. Her colleague Carl Pearson works as a chef in the night-club & it is to him that Karen gives her heart. Now it looks as though "The Carver" has started to kill