A Case Against The Clock is a thriller novel about a criminal profiler, Reg Battie, who has been retained by police to help identify the person responsible for three vicious murders. But, Reg has a challenge - he's battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive and fatal neuromuscular disease.Readers follow the police investigation as the bodies pile up, and are offered glimpses inside the killer's mind to understand the strange motivations behind the murders. As the story unfolds, it's a race against time for Battie to identify the likely perpetrator in order to prevent further killings, and before ALS takes his life.