An unexplained death in a nursing home. A man falls from a balcony. A hit and run in the middle of a city street. An execution in a home. A woman collapses dead after a date. Five murders. Five methods. Five police jurisdictions. What's the connection? Philadelphia-area detectives are under pressure to solve the murders, while dealing with their own issues. Speeding like the lead car at Talladega towards a shocking conclusion, is The Murder Gambit a Shakespearean tragedy or a sinister reality?