Three friends arrive for a haircut only to find their barber dead; his body sprinkled with a mysterious white powder. As the police dig in, one clue stands out: he'd just come into money. Was it a robbery or a betrayal by someone he never saw coming?

The day before Christmas Eve, police answer a call to find two women bound and suffocated. No sign of forced entry. They learn the victims owned most of Elm Street and the killer may be closer than anyone dares to imagine.