When Pamela Edwards is found shot through the heart, Lt. Joe Kenda's first task is to shield her young daughters from the horrendous scene. Soon police close in on her killer, ending with a white-knuckle car and foot chase across Colorado Springs.

When thirteen-year-old PJ Grant is found dead from a single gunshot wound to the head, Lt. Joe Kenda assumes it's a suicide. But when the physical evidence doesn't add up, it opens the door to a world of possibilities-from hatred to human sacrifice.

When uninvited guests crash a barrio birthday party, violence erupts-leaving Enrique Urrutia dead and potentially sparking a gang war. To keep the peace, Lt. Joe Kenda must crack an unwritten code of silence and bring Enrique's killer to justice.

When Keith Andrews is Killed. A man steps forward claiming he did it in self defense but Lt. Joe Kenda has his doubts. Then rights Icon Gretchen McRae is found decomposing in her house and that is not even the biggest secret on the premises. Written by Chad Ayers

A drive-by shooting leaves Van Terry dead; to crack the case, Lt. Joe Kenda must put his faith... in a burglar. Then...Cherie Bradley and her ex-boyfriend Anthony Carroll are found dead, and it's up to Kenda to discover which of their relatives did it.

Kenda is summoned to find a woman found by her son dead in her bathtub. Did she fall? Then Kenda is called to a body at a tattoo artist's home. There was a fight and lots of people not talking. Will Kenda solve the case?

When young Iraq War veteran Curtis Ashley ends up dead, Lt. Joe Kenda has to solve the slaying of a seemingly innocent victim using just a mere shred of evidence and his keen awareness of the criminal mind.

Vietnam War veteran Charles Walker is found unconscious, after a stabbing attack so savage even 45 units of blood couldn't save his life. It's up to Lt. Joe Kenda to follow the bloody trail of clues and piece together the victim's last moments.

When Johnny Crawford is killed in his easy chair, police are perplexed to learn he may have been shot over a musical instrument. But as Lt. Joe Kenda digs deeper, it soon becomes clear the young man wasn't killed for his own sins...but someone else's.

When a gunfight erupts at a local biker bar and claims the lives of two men, Lt. Joe Kenda must delve deep into the world of an infamous biker gang to determine if the cause behind the violent encounter was gang rivalry or something more personal. Written by Investigation Discovery

It's New Year's Eve weekend, and in the midst of the revelry Miguel Mendez is beaten to death outside a convenience store. Lt. Joe Kenda faces a challenging investigation, his only clues coming from a drunken witness and Miguel's strange injuries.

George Ferribee, a loving son led astray by addiction, is found executed. When Lt. Joe Kenda learns the victim had recently been kidnapped, he assumes the crimes are related... but soon discovers things are much more complicated than he had expected.

When the severed head of a wife and mother is found, Lt. Joe Kenda uses forensics and interrogation to find both her body and her killer. Then... a young man's murder looks like a robbery gone wrong until Kenda learns the odd reason he's living there.

A star athlete is gunned down just weeks before starting college, leaving his family heartbroken and detectives stumped; Lt. Joe Kenda pries into the victim's personal life and learns more about his last night on Earth.

In 1973 Joe Kenda moves from Pennsylvania to Colorado Springs to begin training as a police officer. He receives four weeks and 1 night of on the job training when he is recognized for subduing a man attacking a fellow officer and is put on patrol by himself. A year later, with some experience under his belt, he happens upon a closing time bar fight, radios for backup, and proceeds to arrest one of the brawlers. As he puts the man in the back of his patrol car he is confronted with a man holding a gun to a young lady's head. The dangerous experience that follows will alter the course of his career forever. Written by catnap222

Roy Johnson is found dead on the side of the road by two teenagers and police assume he is the victim of a hit and run. Lt. Kenda becomes suspicious when the evidence suggests Roy may have been murdered. Then, Lt. Kenda investigates the apparent suicide of Josie Hancock as a possible homicide when the evidence contradicts her husband's claims.

The murder of a troubled young man with a link to the world of rare coins and the shooting death of a mother of five are investigated.

Sgt. Joe Kenda is faced with his worst nightmare when he learns a friend and fellow officer, Mark Dabling, has been killed in the line of duty. Police conduct an all-out manhunt and discover the gunman is even more dangerous than they'd thought.

Two brothers at a waste disposal site collecting aluminum cans find a couple of unusual metal boxes under a 40 foot trash container. The older brother wants to open one box, but the younger boy backs away thinking it's a bad idea. The explosive in the box kills the older brother and shrapnel slightly wounds the younger boy. An accomplice with a guilty conscience comes forward to help police solve the crime in the end.