Thursday

A 4th of July house party erupts in violence. A young man tries to flee the scene, but is shot dead behind the wheel of his car. To crack the case, Lt. Joe Kenda must sort through a mountain of suspects, until a peculiar clue puts him hot on the heels of a self-styled gangster with revenge on his mind.

Nancy, David and Susan Spangler are found shot to death in their home - the brutal slaughter is deemed a murder suicide. Over the next fifteen years, two more Spangler spouses, Sharon and Donna die in similarly suspicious circumstances. After an exhaustive investigation by numerous agencies, authorities finally get a confession from psychopath Robert Spangler as he reveals his role as a serial spousal killer.

Like in one of his old Hollywood westerns, a former actor is gunned down in Yuma, Arizona and police chase leads across the Southwest until they finally get their man.