As a screen writer, Jackson Byrd knew what the death of a wife should mean. It should motivate the husband to go on a heroic quest for vengeance. Problem was, when Jackson's wife, Sally Byrd, was murdered, actually torn to pieces, all it motivated him to do was drink tequila, and mouth off in bars where it's dangerous to mouth off in.

Sally's best friend, Judy Phelps, had known Jackson since they were in second school and was honour girl at Jackson and Sally's wedding. Now she spends too many nights trying to keep Jackson out of trouble.

Well, one night, Jackson went too far in the Brown Dragon Inn and used the w-word where a lycanthrope could hear, get offended, and follow them to Warnton Park. The Park where Sally was murdered, and so many other women were murdered in recent months.

What happened? Something unexpected which propelled Jackson and Judy and the offended lycanthrope to a strange place and time. Brisbane, Queensland, September 1988.

And Hayteswood wasn't the only place where women were being murdered.