In Florida, recently divorced Karen Pannell, is found brutally slain in her own home and her boyfriend is on hand to help investigators find her killer--but investigators uncover his true motive and deadly secrets. Meanwhile in San Diego, California, Greg DeVillers, a newlywed and rising star in the Bio-Tech community, is found dead--and it appears to be a suicide. But the dramatic scene he left behind cause family and investigators to dig for answers, and what they find takes everyone by surprise.

Up and coming lawyer Michael Fletcher can barely keep it together as he calls police to his suburban Detroit home. Upon arrival, officers find Fletcher's wife, Leann, dead from an apparent accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound. As detectives dig deeper, they uncover a connection between Michael's legal affairs and Leann's death. And when firefighters in Palo Alto, California extinguish the flames from a burning house, they find the charred body of promising young realtor Jennifer Schipsi. Her boyfriend, Paul Zumot, collapses in tears when he learns the horrible news. But police wonder... is this grief real? Or is it all just a smoke screen?

In Huntington Beach two well respected doctors, Carolyn and Ken Stahl, are found shot to death on the side of a highway. As police unravel this baffling case they find the power couple had a less than perfect marriage. And later, in a quiet suburb of Detroit, beautiful business woman Tara Grant disappears after returning from a trip. When a bloody plastic bag is found in a nearby park, this missing persons case turns into a murder investigation.