In a small American town, a man is accused of the murder of a young girl and is sentenced to death. There is scanty evidence to suggest that the man committed the crime, and it is up to the the townspeople and a conflicted sheriff to decide if he really is guilty.

In a small, American, Southern town shortly after the civil war, a deputy and a nurse investigate the murder of a businessman from Michigan. The murderer turns out to be someone they'd never have expected.

Intrepid journalist Creswell joins the shunned daughter of a necromancer in her attempts to solve a horrifying murder by any means necessary.

A local detective investigates the murder of a businessman who returned to town after years of being away. The detective holds a conflict of interest in the case: his sister was swindled years ago by the victim.

A struggling private-investigator is drawn into a lurid murder-suicide case even after he is officially off the case.

In a small rural American town in the late 1800s, a woman's eldest son is accused of committing murder. She takes her younger children to watch him be executed, hoping they will not follow a similar path.

In an alternate universe in 19th century Boston, a single mother commits an act of unnatural cruelty against her son. However, since women are invincible against a man's violence, the wife of an esteemed policeman takes on the task of executing her, only to have second thoughts in the cold gallows.

In small town in Iowa, a woman who works at the American Gothic House forms a relationship with a famed serial killer. She begins to think about violence, death, and who has the power to kill.

A detective in the Wild West must grapple with his own secret past while he investigates new details surrounding a murder from 22 years ago.

An English detective sets out to determine an old war general’s murderer, investigating his family history and property inheritances.