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When a charitable, up-and-coming actress is savagely murdered in her home, police believe an angry, revenge-hungry killer is responsible. But no one could expect the lies, obsessions, and evidence that will be uncovered in this shocking cold case.

In Iowa, Shirley Wilson's son finds her stabbed to death in her home; with no evidence of forced entry, detectives believe this grandmother of 12 knew her assailant, leaving the family wondering who has betrayed them in cold blood.

With graduation nearing at Northeastern University, students are alarmed at the discovery of a fellow co-ed shot to death in her apartment. Detectives face many challenges in the investigation until they realize the answer is right in front of them.

The New England chills of the New Year bite even more brutally when a mother and daughter are savagely murdered in their Woburn, MA home. With several suspects on the line, detectives take a shot in the dark in order to solve this nightmare of a mystery.