"A boy arrives - breathless and aghast - at his police station, to report the discovery of a horribly maimed body. The village misfit, who has been committed to a psychiatrist clinic, was seen at the edge of the woods nearby." "The next morning a bank in the nearby town is robbed at gunpoint. The gunman takes a hostage and flees. As his plans begin to come apart he, unlike his pacific hostage, rapidly loses control. Meanwhile the search for the killer has developed into a straightforward manhunt. Overwhelmingly, suspicion is directed at Errki Johrma, the young man who has run away from the clinic. Only Errki's doctor will not believe him capable of such a crime."--BOOK JACKET.