In Sacramento, Dorothea Puente runs a boardinghouse. Mentally ill Alvaro 'Bert' Montoya is among Dorothea's favorite tenants. Until a terrible stench rises up through the rafters, and Bert unwittingly exposes something sinister... And deadly.
Mickey Widmer and her boyfriend Darnell Mears move into a Minnesota trailer park looking for a fresh start, but after meeting Rick Taber, a reclusive neighbor, he grows too close for comfort. Good neighbors go bad; and bad neighbors spill blood.
Al Kowalski is new to Hill Country, Texas. He plans to spend his early retirement hunting and fixing his vintage vehicles. Al welcomes meth-addicted mechanic Charlie Tidwell into his home to help with the cars, but Charlie has a different plan.
Michelle Herndon is an anthropology student studying at the University of Florida. Just one month before graduation Michelle takes a stranger under her wing with devastating consequences, leaving friends and family baffled, and their lives shattered.
John Adair is a wealthy philanthropist who champions charitable causes and fosters troubled teens. When John Adair opens his luxurious California home to a stranger in need, the invitation will end in a horrific blood bath.
John Aegerter, runs a thriving communications company in Brookfield, Wisconsin. He's an eccentric millionaire who lives alone in a large house he's built himself. An invitation he extends to an old friend will culminate in unimaginable violence.