Hosting Roarke's big Irish family for Thanksgiving may be challenging, but they are a joyful improvement over Lieutenant Eve Dallas's own childhood. Other couples aren't as lucky as Eve and Roarke. The Reinholds are lying dead in their home. Those who knew them are stunned and heartbroken by the evidence that they were murdered by their own son. Jerry hadn't made a great impression on the bosses who fired him or the girlfriend who dumped him, but they didn't think he was capable of this. Turns out Jerry is not only capable of brutality but taking a liking to it. With a long list of grievances, he intends to finally make his mark on the world.