Thirty miles outside of Dallas, in Royse City, Texas, Fire Capt. Robert Poynter and his young wife, Chacey, enjoy an idyllic small-town life, but that's shattered when a dramatic physical transformation leads to infidelity and a dead body.

When single mother Linda Damm goes missing in Lafayette, Colo., police get an anonymous tip telling them where to find her body and who her unexpected killer is.

Kosta and Lisa Fotopoulos are a Daytona Beach power couple in 1989; Kosta owns a bar and hires sultry Deidre Hunt as a waitress; soon, a torrid affair, a deadly home invasion and a videotaped murder all result from a tailspin of greed and seduction.

A burned-out car with a body in the trunk and a hidden torture chamber rock the town of Speedway, Indiana; when a similar murder happens in Texas, detectives fear their suspects have crossed state lines and will strike again if they're not stopped.

When recently widowed Janie Ballard is found brutally murdered in her home, police suspect it's a home invasion gone wrong; when detectives learn that Janie's husband left her with a sizeable estate, their list of suspects turns personal.

A couple's life takes a turn when a physical change leads to adultery and eventually, a death.

In the dead of night, officers respond to a blazing housefire in the small town of Alpena, Mich., when firefighters extinguish the flames and find a body with stab wounds, the fire scene investigation turns into a murder investigation.

After a whirlwind romance at the University of Kentucky, Michael and Elizabeth marry within a year of meeting. But their forever is cut short when Michael’s body turns up on an early February morning at the local golf course.