The Dragon Man

Summer on the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne. The heat''s ramping up, the ususal holiday madness building. Detective Inspector Hal Challis is already recycling his shower water and starting to dread Christmas. But this year there''s something more. Women abducted and murdered on the Old Highway. A pall of fear over the scorched paddocks. The media are demanding answers - and Challis''s sleepy beat is set to explode.