Deadly Wives

Tim and Larissa Schuster are a successful couple in Clovis, California. Larissa owns a thriving biochemistry lab, while Tim works at a hospital and manages their home and two kids. The Schuster marriage appears to be a perfect example of "opposites attract"--she's a bubbly go-getter, and he's shy and sensitive. But after 20 years, the many differences in their personalities strain to the breaking point--with clashes over money, the children, and lack of intimacy. Tim finally decides he's had enough, and moves out. As they edge towards divorce, their arguments grow from bad to worse fueled by Larissa's anger over dividing property, belongings, and her one true love--the million-dollar chemical lab. Then, Tim suddenly disappears--and what begins as a missing persons case, ends with a hidden gun, secret tape recordings and a discovery no one could have predicted.

Two stories feature deadly wives willing to exchange love, for lust and greed. First, all-American girl, Morgan Wixon, meets small town boy, Kevin Mengel, and falls in love. The couple marries, has children, and owns a successful business together. There's just one problem--Morgan is happiest when having affairs with Kevin's friends. Her unfaithfulness nearly destroys the marriage, but Kevin wants to work things out. Unfortunately for him, Morgan has other ideas and uses text messaging to plan his demise. Then, meet Texas beauty and former homecoming queen, Darlene Gentry. She marries a handsome husband, has three sons, and lives an idyllic life, until one night her husband is murdered. When detectives start poking holes in Darlene's account of what happened--she finds a special place to hide the truth, and believes authorities will never beat her at her own game.

In the all-American town of Edgewood, Kentucky, Stephen and Adele Craven fit right in. He's a commercial airline pilot, and she's a stay-at-home mom with two adorable kids. Though they've been together for more than a decade, things aren't perfect at the Craven house--Stephen is frequently away for work, and Adele fills her time with play dates, neighborhood activities--and a not-so-secret lover on the side. But when Stephen turns up dead, investigators are faced with a puzzling crime scene, conflicting testimony, and a search for evidence that makes finding a needle in a haystack look easy. It will take years, two trials and a determined team of detectives and prosecutors to ultimately bring Stephen Craven's killers to justice.

Two stories feature deadly wives willing to do anything to make their husbands disappear. First, Lynn Stomps and her husband Gerry, live on a tree farm in Oregon. When the couple arranges to meet a buyer for their boat--everything goes wrong-Lynn winds up injured, and Gerry disappears. But when police start probing Lynn's story, their search for clues leads them to a grisly and unexpected truth. Across the country, New Jersey nurse, Melanie McGuire and her husband Bill, have worked hard and are finally buying their dream house. Despite the new home, there is tension in the marriage and following a nasty argument, Bill packs up, leaves, and disappears without a trace. Melanie tells police that Bill is a gambler, and they begin looking for him in Atlantic City--yet, nothing prepares them for how and where they will find Bill McGuire.

Two stories feature Southern wives desiring love--and money. First, country-girl Cristie Sehorne and her husband, Lee, have two children and live in Florida. Lee loves his work in commercial shipping, but his job requires long hours away at sea and Cristie is lonely without him. When Lee is shockingly murdered, investigators take a hard look at Cristie, and discover that Lee's lonely wife is also the keeper of fatal family secrets. In Tennessee, Raynella Leath enjoys a privileged life as the wife of the county District Attorney. When her husband dies, she's thrilled to find a second chance at love with sweet and funny family friend, David Leath. But when David also ends up dead, detectives begin unraveling the long and complicated story of Raynella's two marriages, two wills, and the truth behind what really happened to her two deceased husbands.

Two stories feature scheming wives incapable of telling the truth. First, Navy man Cory Voss and his wife Catherina "Cat" Voss are a young couple raising two children in Newport News, Virginia. Despite Cory's love and devotion, Cat secretly falls for another man. But betraying her marriage vows is just one angle in Cat's complicated web of lies, and eventually she seeks a more permanent solution to finally end her marriage. Then, Barbara Garcia and her husband Cipriano, are retirees living in Hobart, Indiana. After sharing more than four-decades of marriage, the seniors have weathered most of life's ups and downs together. But when Cipriano is found dead in another state, Barbara becomes a suspect, and investigators learn she has many different versions about what may--or may not--have happened to her husband.

Two stories feature deadly wives that are the polar opposites of their partners. First, bubbly Rebecca Salcedo is a popular, young single mom with lots of friends. When she meets shy engineer Bruce Cleland, sparks fly--they share a whirlwind romance, followed by a lavish wedding. But their marriage is cut short when Bruce is killed in a tough Los Angeles neighborhood. Police investigating his death follow a trail of evidence that leads them to an unlikely suspect. Next, two women from Chicago are deeply committed to one another as life partners. Though Becky Klein and Nicole Abusharif are opposites in their interests and backgrounds, they're a devoted same-sex couple. When one of these women goes missing, friends and family members rally to find her. But no one is prepared when the truth behind her disappearance is revealed.

Sadie Proffitt and her husband David, 50, are a retired couple who move from Florida to Texas to be closer to Sadie's son. While Sadie is friendly with many residents at the sprawling apartment complex where they live, David is partially paralyzed and often stays inside. On Oct. 9, 2000, in the middle of the night, tragedy strikes when a rapidly moving fire erupts at the apartment complex, and several people are killed in the inferno. When investigators begin researching the source of the blaze--some aspects of the disastrous incident just don't add up. It will take experts many months to sort through the evidence and find the truth behind the fire--and finally charge an unlikely suspect with murder.