The film will be cast as a crime procedural. A obsessed detective is tracking a serial killer of prostitutes. So obsessed is he that he cannot bear not having a suspect in his custody at any given time. Forced to release one suspect, he pounces on another, and another, in his investigation. If it weren't so serious, his mania would be comic. The real murderer, a dentist, never appears on the detective's list of suspects. He is on a manic quest of his own. To find the perfect victim, to possess the one perfect woman who will put an end to the pain of his obscure desire. True to his profession, the dentist's aim is to repair the bone and end the pain of the flesh. Although their lives are socially separate these two questing men are nevertheless destined to meet face-to-face. The wife of the detective is a policewoman who works undercover for him as a prostitute. This frustrated lady is on her own quest: a soul mate, a man who can read her thoughts and feelings. When she is picked up by...