Time of Fear is a taut psychological thriller thrusting an FBI agent and a grieving father into the dark world of a demented killer FBI Agent Cheryl Hammer arrives in a small California town to catch an elusive killer Seeing no help forthcoming from the Sheriff she turns to the only other person who can help her Jack Barone a grieving father whose daughter Lisa was the victim of a similar slaying ten years prior The killers clues are a perversion of Biblical punishments for sins stoning burning decapitation Jack and Agent Hammer turn to Father Patrick a Catholic priest for help As the clock ticks down a young female friend of Jacks is kidnapped and may become the next casualty The harrowing rescue of the young woman opens the door to a dark history hidden below the surface revealing the true identity of the killer and answering the mystery of who killed Jacks daughter
