When ranch-hand Rex Tanner and his friend June Flood go missing in suspicious circumstances, local investigators Ralph Stansfield and Wally Hendricks uncover an explosive story of paranoia, greed and dynamite in central Utah.
Oklahoma newlywed Rex Harper is shot dead at the wheel of his truck on Main Street in what investigators believe is a professional hit; with no witnesses or clues, detectives must crack the cowboy code of silence to reveal the key to his killing.
When someone guns down mine worker Matthew Misener on a remote Arizona highway, it first appears to be a road rage attack; his family faces the shocking possibility that they unwittingly played a part in the feud that left him dead.
Single mom Karen Petersen is enjoying a night out when a handsome cowboy charms his way into her home; he attacks her, leaving her for dead, and as more victims emerge, cops fear a serial killer is on the loose.
When cowboy Rick Godfrey goes missing in the Mojave desert, investigators discover he's seduced and swindled many women.
A prairie-town sheriff uncovers a drug ring that includes its most powerful law enforcement officials; to help bring them down, he calls in the FBI; just before the trial, the ring's kingpin makes a deal, and days later, he's dead.