The Big Blast
The shotgun murder of a young mother leads Friday and Romero to a plot involving her estranged husband.
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The shotgun murder of a young mother leads Friday and Romero to a plot involving her estranged husband.
Friday and Romero hunt a mail thief and check forger who uses a master key to steal payments from neighborhood mailboxes.
Detectives work undercover in an upscale hotel to penetrate a ring distributing high-grade heroin.
The disappearance of a ten-year-old boy seems resolved when he returns, but months later detectives uncover a startling truth about his identity.
The unexplained two-month disappearance of a wealthy woman draws detectives toward her ambitious husband and a disturbing secret surrounding their marriage.
Friday methodically tracks the hit-and-run driver responsible for an accident that killed two people.
Friday investigates the suspicious death of an elderly woman as attention turns toward her grieving husband.
The disappearance of a woman and her young daughter leads Friday and Romero through adultery and deception to evidence of murder.
Friday and Romero pursue an organized burglary crew responsible for a series of valuable fur and jewelry thefts.
A series of petty thefts exposes a desperate family situation that ends in tragedy.
Friday investigates the sudden disappearance of a prominent businessman, and what begins as a missing-person case develops into a ransom kidnapping.
Detectives investigate a television-repair racket that systematically cheats unsuspecting homeowners.
What first appears to be an elderly man's suicide develops into a carefully staged murder tied to a lonely-hearts swindle.
A series of carefully planned truck hijackings leads Friday to an unexpected motive rooted in a personal relationship.
A woman's disappearance casts suspicion on her eccentric husband, but the investigation reaches a tragic conclusion that differs from what detectives initially expect.
A wave of juvenile delinquency leads detectives to a teenage narcotics ring whose activities end in tragedy.
The murder of an elderly shopkeeper leads homicide detectives to a motive involving jealousy and a troubled romantic relationship.
Friday and Romero pursue two armed men who robbed and tortured an elderly couple, following the evidence from the brutal home invasion to the suspects.
The murder of a woman in her office leads detectives to a violent suspect whose claimed alibi does not withstand investigation.
Friday investigates criminals posing as legitimate automobile dealers who use a carefully designed scheme to cheat unsuspecting buyers out of thousands of dollars.
A wave of shoplifting cases leads Friday and Romero to an unexpected offender whose behavior reflects a deeper psychological problem.
Friday works to convict three experienced safe burglars after a dozen churches are victimized and weeks of police surveillance finally lead to their arrests.
Friday hunts two unidentified bandits who carry out a rapid series of food-market holdups, striking eleven stores in only twenty-one days.
Friday investigates the unexplained disappearance of a wealthy widower and eventually uncovers a startling confession.
Friday and Romero search for the driver who fled after a hit-and-run killed a grandmother and her grandson.
A police informant points Friday and Romero toward a veteran burglar, leading to a stakeout and the discovery of his hidden cache of stolen property.
Friday and Romero investigate the strangling of a woman in a downtown hotel and unravel the deception behind the apparently senseless killing.
Friday and Romero pursue a violent jewelry-store bandit until an unexpected clue gives them a way to identify him.
The knife murder of a mother forces detectives to examine the troubled relationships inside her own household.
Friday and Romero race to find a missing young woman after her abductor demands ransom and time becomes critical.
Friday's search for a missing boy ends with a grim discovery and a heartbreaking confession involving a rifle.
Friday pursues two dangerous escaped convicts while coping with the sudden death of his longtime partner.
Police try to head off an impending gang fight among teenagers, but the effort ends tragically when one of the youths encouraging the conflict is killed.
The disappearance and murder of an interior decorator sends detectives across the city in search of the victim's friend.
Friday and Jacobs pursue a marriage swindler who targets lonely wealthy women and leaves serious personal tragedy behind him.
Financial records and secretly recorded conversations help detectives expose a respectable businessman as the organizer of a jewelry robbery.
Police trace obscene material reaching high-school students to a broader network exploiting young people for profit.
When a housewife disappears, Friday and Jacobs quickly focus on her evasive husband and the possibility that the missing-person case is actually a homicide.
An officer accused of brutality and taking bribes becomes the focus of an inquiry that exposes a narcotics dealer's effort to manufacture testimony against him.
A landlord who threatens tenants with a gun becomes the starting point for an investigation that uncovers arson tied to a grievance reaching back decades.
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