Washed-up true-crime writer Ellison Oswalt finds a box of super 8 home movies that suggest the murder he is currently researching is the work of a serial killer whose work dates back to the 1960s.

To save his kidnapped wife, Brent Magna must drive at the orders of a mysterious man.

Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.

In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.