Why did he do it? Why should Victor Jenner, the child of happily married,
middle-class parents, succumb to such violent rages? Why should he have
needed to make motiveless attacks on women? Victor didn't know. But he
did know that the last ten years in prison had been a mistake. It had all
been an accident. In fact, his life had been a series of accidents. Now,
out of prison at last, Victor still isn't free. The past holds him so he
can't go forward. So he goes back - and begins a chain of accidents, a
new string of tragic mistakes.