After notorious serial killer Gabriel Engels is apprehended by police, small town law enforcer Michael Martens journeys to where he is being held in order to interrogate him. Martens suspects Engels of the abduction and murder of a child from his village and while he seems to be making more progress than the officers that arrested him, it soon becomes evident that it may be at a price: For Engles has the ability to get under the skin of those in his proximity and Martens soon becomes a major threat to those closest to him.