High-profile LAPD detective, Joe Dean, loses his career, his family, and his sanity when the twelfth victim of the serial killer-The Moon-is taken from right under his nose.

Twenty-five years later and Joe is a reformed character operating as a private detective. While working on a case, he comes across a book called Flirting with The Moon. Each of the twelve entries is a precise description of The Moon murders, which could only have been written by the killer.

The publisher is tracked down to Sydney, Australia but the only details they have of the author is a pseudonym and a post box number in a Far North Queensland town called, Candle Stick Bay.

Obsessed with the possibility of finally bringing The Moon to justice, Joe flies out to Australia and travels to the remote tropical North to find a tiny picturesque town overlooking the Coral Sea.

While posing as an American tourist, he secretly digs for clues and unearths some surprising secrets about the town and its inhabitants. But as his investigation twists and turns, the murders begin once more, and Joe is forced to confront the demons of his past.