For plastic surgeon Ross Ransome, at the top of his profession, perfection is more than an ideal - it's his living. He's one of the most successful - and certainly one of the richest - plastic surgeons in the business. Even his wife is perfect. After all, he's spent hours in surgery getting her that way. When his wife falls ill, she turns her back on conventional medicine and her arid marriage and seeks help from a charismatic alternative therapist who promises more than medical salvation. For Ransome, this is the ultimate betrayal. It defies logic, and Ross Ransome is a profoundly logical man. Logically, he can see no reason why any man should have his wife when he can't. Ransome is about to embark on a very rational course of action - murderously rational