Ellery Queen, Master Detective

A jaded homicide detective has been put on the case of a ruthless killer in the city of Chicago, who leaves a trail of horribly mutilated and dismembered corpses along with perversely ironic biblical quotes.

"...and when the song of the birds falls silent, you close your eyes forever" This is how young Chiara knows it from the story her mother once told her. A story that also haunts her when she wakes up in the hospital after a suicide attempt. For the raven visits her every night, as she tells her closest confidant. And this man, too, soon finds himself drawn into a mysterious world that, in a strange way, also seems to be linked to his own story. A story that could have taken different paths for all involved, as is to be seen...

When the Solomons trade in the craziness of big-city life for the quiet of a North Dakota farm, little do they expect the nightmare that follows. Soon after arriving, teenage Jess (Kristen Stewart) and her younger brother see terrifying apparitions and endure attacks from a supernatural source. Jess must warn her disbelieving family before it is too late to save them.

A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.

A killer is cleaning up the streets of Milan by murdering those considered as deviant. An ornamental dragonfly, soaked in the blood of the victim, is left on each body.