New Orleans

New Orleans is where Karin Jones is murdered and where Harper Cole talks with police and FBI about his suspicions about the murder.

EROS

EROS is the acronym for Erotic Realtime On-line Stimulation, a computer service providing three levels of communication and role play. Harper Cole monitors EROS and is the first to discover the link between the seven murdered women.

Rain, Mississippi

Mississippi is where Harper Cole and his wife, Drewe, live in a farmhouse.

Yazoo County, Mississippi

Yazoo is the county where a part of Harper Cole's farm property is located.

Iris

Iris is the name of Karin Wheat's book.

SIDDHARTHA

SIDDHARTHA is a Herman Hesse novel about a spiritual journey in the time of Buddha and the password for the EROS systems operator.

Ward Cleaver

Ward Cleaver is a computer program written by Miles Turner that filters unsuitable content from EROS. Those who...