When 20-year-old Cindy Sumner vanishes in Toledo, Ohio, a cryptic message lures detectives to Elm Street. In the decaying warehouse ruins, they uncover signs of a twisted obsession-and a nightmare that blurs the line between fiction and true evil.

On New Year's Eve, Tara Gillon's father finds her murdered in their Massachusetts home. No suspect; few clues. Just one trail of footprints in fresh snow.

A crew of immigrant gang members stalk Vietnamese families across state lines, leaving horror behind. After one family is killed, police uncover a massacre on Elm Street; one boy survives. Then, a third family massacre occurs; two young boys survive. The killers must be stopped before striking again.

Three friends arrive for a haircut - only to find their barber dead, his body sprinkled with a mysterious white powder; as police dig in, one clue stands out: he'd just come into money; was it a robbery - or a betrayal by someone he never saw coming?

When a hunter discovers bones in the Pennsylvania woods, it looks like a bear attack. However, a chilling confession exposes something far more savage — a violent betrayal by those closest to him, proof that trust can be fatal.

The day before Christmas Eve, police answer a call to find two women bound and suffocated. No sign of forced entry. They learn the victims owned most of Elm Street and the killer may be closer than anyone dares to imagine.