Shocking and erotically charged, "Deviant Way" delves into Cleveland's upscale singles bars, where a pair of serial killers—a man and a woman—are about to pull a cop into an all-too-human game of voyeurism, kidnapping and murder.

Police officer Mike Ryan was murdered with his own gun. A beautiful suspect walked away free after tainting his reputation with allegations of greed and corruption—only to perish herself in a fiery apparent suicide. For two years Cleveland Homicide Detective John Salvatore Paris has been struggling to clear his friend Ryan's once-good name with no success. And now a rash of brutal slayings is rocking Paris' city, a plague of terror and ritual sacrifice savage enough to shatter even the most street-hardened cop's faith in justice and a rational world. Each murder is different yet equally horrific—each victim and crime connected only by a strange symbol carved into their flesh.And by one name: " Michael Ryan.