Waking from a single drop of blood, Rosie Daniels realizes that her husband intends to kill her. And she leaves - with his credit card. Alone in an unfamiliar city, Rosie begins to build a new life: she meets Bill and finds a peculiar painting in an antique shop, 'Rose Madder', which oddly seems to desire her as much as she desires it. But it's hard for Rosie not to keep looking back. Norman is a corrupt cop with predator instincts. A man almost mythical in his wickedness. To survive, Rosie must enter the myth and become a person she never knew she could be - Rose Madder. Because Norman is getting closer. Rosie can feel how close he is...