A car salesman is found dead in his car, shot with his own gun. The coroner believes it's a clear case of suicide, but the man's wife insists he would not have taken his own life. Lt. Carella searches for the man's last customer. His main clue is two strands of picture wire he finds tied around plumbing in locations where the customer and the victim were supposed to have met.

A boxer's punching bagged is rigged, injuring one of his assistants. The detectives try to discover who is trying to send a message to the fighter---or to his trainer. Is it a mobster who has tried to control the fighters in the past, or someone who the trainer and fighter trust?

The detectives investigate a series of phone booth bombings. One suspect, feeling persecuted about being accused due to his past record, decides to copy the bombings and take advantage of them to commit robbery as well.

Tired of being unable to pay his bills, Detective Carella tries out a new and better paying job as head of security for a bank.

Havilland's usually cold and cynical heart is warmed by a boy who stole a wreath for his mother's grave, so he helps out the youth by buying him a wreath. The boy, Ramon, wants to somehow repay the detective by helping him out. What's unknown to the police is that Ramon's father,... Read all