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 man's jealous wife kidnaps any woman she thinks he shows any interest in to torture and murder in their basement. Deciding to finally put an end to this and escape the absusive relationship, the man poisons his wife and frees her most recent victim.

A grocery store worker is shot and killed in a neighborhood in New Orleans, and in the aftermath of the shooting, the entire neighborhood works to protect the killer.

A washed-up journalist's life and fortunes change when a professional hit man offers him a job.

A couple moves into an old, country farmhouse and is touched by a sentimental grave. One day, a man arrives after being released from a mental hospital, tells the couple it's the grave of his beloved pet, and asks to dig it up; however, police detective intervenes and arrests the man. It turns out the man is a serial killer and the grave holds a suitcase full of trophies from his former victims.

Seeking escape from his dysfunctional family, a businessman hires a retired police officer to kill his wife. It doesn't go as planned.

A man plots to murder his wife, but news of her pregnancy throws off his plan.

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

A brilliant young man with an obsession with the Sherlock Holmes series joins an investigation into a series of gruesome murders in New York—but his mysterious motives test the lead detective on the case.

After the LAPD notices that the same female witness testified for two unrelated homicide cases, one detective must convince the witness to tell there truth before the murderer strikes again.