In Florida, Zoe Pulver and Jane Long work for tax attorney Ashley Pollow, who has a violent temper; when a grisly murder takes place, Pulver and Long find themselves working side by side with a killer.
An affair with another man's wife embroils fun-loving James Raine in a world of deceit and greed leading to murder; James' older brother, Enoch, and his uncle, William, battle to uncover the murderer and stop the killing.
Lonely widow Marilyn Burdick finds love again with Louis Plunkett, a charming real-estate agent; Marilyn's only daughter, Karen, and her husband, Jason, doubt Louis' motivations and tension quickly escalates, triggering a deadly series of events.
When a serial arsonist murders four people in a California hardware store, fire investigators Marvin Casey and John Orr become obsessed with the case; as fires continue to burn across the state, the two are pushed to their limits to stop the killing.
Seventeen-year-old Steven Willis is working in a mechanic's shop when a horrific murder rocks his family; haunted by survivor's guilt, Steven embarks on a journey to bring the killer to justice.