St. John enlists a local sheriff to help hunt down a woman suspected of murdering an small-town real estate promoter found dead in a Los Angeles motel.
St. John investigates the murder of a Texan who'd recently moved to Los Angeles and finds a world of cheating wives, greedy art dealers, and opportunistic gigolos.
A murder leads St. John to another case when he discovers a link between a woman killed by plastic explosives planted in her car and an electronics firm.
St. John and Sam argue when a strange teenager claims to have witnessed a murder. While St. John dismisses her as an emotionally disturbed attention-seeker, Sam believes she's genuine.
St. John searches for a serial killer dubbed "The Executioner" and rages when Sam's reporter/ex-girlfriend reveals information about the case on television.
A criminologist, whose speciality was the rehabilitation of parolees, is killed and his research assistant assaulted, leaving St. John to piece through the man's work to find a suspect.
In the wake of a bank robber's return to Los Angeles, St. John investigates the murder of a witness to the man's crimes and tries to protect the remaining witnesses.