A busy street. A young sniper wantonly slaughters fourteen people and then quietly walks to his own death . . . In a neighborhood supermarket a mild-mannered mechanic picks up a knife and begins randomly slaying defenseless customers . . . In a quiet, comfortable apartment, a happily married man calmly murders his wife and two children . . . The crimes have no motives. The killers have no connection. But in each case their explanation is the same: GOD TOLD ME TO Only Lt. Detective Peter Nicholas has reason to think differently—and it's the most terrifying reason of all . . .