The countdown begins before the first scream.

On a hidden website called Murder.net, a faceless killer livestreams murder to paying subscribers — and the clock is already ticking toward the next victim.

Amanda Curtis is eager to prove herself as a new intern in the LAPD Homicide Bureau. Paired with the brilliant but emotionally distant Detective Michael Peters, she is pulled into a case unlike anything the department has ever seen. A predator is luring young women with promises of fame, then broadcasting their deaths in real time on the dark web.

Between each killing, the screen goes black… revealing only a blood-red countdown clock that guarantees another execution is coming.

As the body count rises, so does public obsession. The media turns every broadcast into a spectacle, and fear spreads faster than the investigation. Amanda and Peters must navigate a deadly collision of crime, technology, and voyeurism — where every clue leads deeper into the digital abyss.

But the closer they get, the more personal the case becomes. And as Amanda’s bond with Peters grows, she realizes that catching this killer may demand more than her training — it may cost her everything.

Dark, relentless, and chillingly plausible, Murder.net plunges readers into the shadow side of the internet, where watching can be just as dangerous as killing.