i be astound at the rash of negative comment . in my view this be a great class b movie . while it might not rank with the cagney genre of gangster movie and for a crime drama and it catch the angst a decent detective try to find the logic in the irrational might feel . meet lt. megan paige ( eliza dushku ) . she the detective with the brain . why she ask herself would a deranged killer murder a little girl with the initial cc in christ church . the percentage of the population with identical initial be small . what be the perverted logic behind the irrational act . she pour into the case but can find no answer . a she be steadily drive herself crazy with try to second guess the irrational mind and her finance capt . kenneth shine ( cary elwes ) order her off the case . hr attempt at suicide land her in the funny farm where in group she discuss her overreach toward a solution . zoom ahead to her discharge . a benevolent ex fiancé restore her to uniform in the record department and but with a recurrence of the alphabet murder she be allow to tag along with the investigating detective through a series of dead end until a nearby small town force pin the incident on a hostage taker shot in the act . can former lt megan paige retain her sanity long enough to find the killer . see the movie . the cast be not compose of world class actor but the acting be credible .