Four creepy to bizarre stories of murder are set in western Pennsylvania. In "Murder on the Altar," a young minister is found bludgeoned to death on the altar of his church. In "Nazi Treasures: Murder at the Lighthouse," a hunter of Nazis, their sympathizers and Nazi treasures is killed in her quest for revenge. In "Murder at the Mill," a young woman is haunted by childhood memories of witnessing her father kill a stranger. And in "Stealing Rigel: A Serbian Street Dog in America," a man is murdered in the bizarre kidnapping of a dog that no one wanted. The four contemporary stories are a total of approximately 144 pages in length.