[2][3][4] Friday and Romero are on the trail of a psychotic homicidal maniac who has killed and mutilated several young women in Los Angeles.
He is threatening to blow up City Hall with a bomb if his brother, Elwood Carney, isn't freed from jail by nine o'clock.
The notes bear the mark of a fanatic, but police suspect fraud until a faked attack confirms their suspicion.
A young boy, aged 9 years old, named Stanley Johnstone is reported missing from his home and so is the .22 caliber rifle he was going to get for Christmas.
Friday and new partner Frank Smith are after a trio of robbers who hijacked a Registered Mail truck for its cash.