Earning my stripes, my lumps, and my nightmares -- Shit magnet -- A case for the college boy -- Too real for reality TV -- Motives for murder -- Nickel-and-dimed to death -- Killer sex -- A thirst for vengeance -- Drugs and depravity -- Catching killers -- I talk to dead people -- Gun play -- You have the right to confess, dirtbag -- My murder trials and tribulations -- Retirement and recovery -- Honey, I'm home, don't mind the blood -- Epilogue: Retirement was murder until my second life of crime.

"Detective Lt. Joe Kenda, star of Homicide Hunter, shares his deepest, darkest case files from his 19 years as a homicide detective. He reminds us that crimes like these are very real and can happen even in our own backyards. Joe Kenda investigated 387 murder cases during his 23 years with the Colorado Springs Police Department and solved almost all of them. He details cases too gruesome to air on television, cases that still haunt him, and the few cases where the killer got away. The tales will shock you and they contain insights into the actions, motivations, and proclivities of nature's most dangerous species. Don't mind the blood."--Provided by publisher.