After ten years as an FBI profiler, Frank Black relocates from Washington to his hometown Seattle with his wife, Catherine, and their daughter, Jordan. However, a series of sexual homicides coaxes him from retirement. He offers his support to Lt. Bob Bletcher, a former colleague with Seattle's Homicide Unit, and is in turn offered the resources of the mysterious Millennium Group, a corps of former law enforcement officers. Blessed - or afflicted - with an uncanny ability enabling him to see the world through the killer's eyes, Frank must pursue the murderer through Seattle's underground scene and stop his killing spree.
When human ashes are found in a local park, Frank Black joins an investigation that leads to a cult that kills it's unwilling members. When Frank gets closer to the cult leader he sees the force that may be influencing the killers he seeks.
Against the initial resistance of the Group, Frank travels to Portland, Oregon, to investigate a murder at an animal shelter. He meets with Jim Horn, a profiler and candidate for the Millennium Group. But Horn is distracted by his imminent divorce, and there is tension between him and Frank. When the killer strikes again, Horn is losing control, and Frank not only has to catch the killer who leaves grisly messages on his victims, but he has to contend with Horn as well who is more than ready to stop the murderer with terminal prejudice.
When Annie Tisman opens a parcel containing a human tongue, Bob Bletcher asks Frank Black for help. This is the fourth package within the last four years containing fingers or other members cut from living victims - but no bodies were ever found. When Cheryl Andrews, expert pathologist of the Millennium Group, checks the tongue she discovers that it has been removed postmortem - the killer has changed his MO. When Bardale, a career criminal, is released from prison, a man who introduces himself as the Judge makes him an offer - to carry out his verdicts in exchange for immunity. His first job: to kill his predecessor, a man named Carl Nearman who botched the last job, the killing of former police officer Jonathan Mellen. Mellen's body is discovered in the woods. When Frank visits the morgue, Carl Nearman's body is on the table. In a vision he sees a connection between Mellen and Nearman. When Catherine tells him that Annie Tisman's husband died twelve years ago in prison where h
Frank and Peter assist an FBI investigation when a mad bomber terrorizes Washington, D.C, by blowing up buildings then to come out looking like a hero, the bomber goes back into the wreckage to save victims. Frank and Peter help search for the bomber whose attention starved personality may be the key to his undoing.
A desperate man sets out on a killing spree taking revenge on the holy men that he believes have led him to stray. Frank can see the man's sense of faith and the lack his faith could be the key to stopping this killer. Frank then puts himself in danger when he walks into a hostage situation at a small town church.
A juvenile delinquent begins taking advantage of families grieving the loss of a loved one with the support of a sadistic friend to a murderous end. Frank Black puts himself in the troubled boy's frame of mind to find answers as Catherine looks elsewhere, into the boy's tortured family life.
Catherine aids a woman who has been sexually abused by her father for twenty-three years. Catherine however finds it hard to find anyone who will take this case to court, so she turns to Frank for emotional support.
A young girl whose parents were brutally murdered becomes the last hope in finding a killer. So Catherine encourages Jordan to speak out to the young girl and try to get her to get over the awful experience she has been through. But Bletcher is determined to let the relive what happened so they can get more evidence about what actually happened.
Frank searches for answers when a couple kidnap a killer-in-hiding and engage in their own murder spree. Frank must track them down before they find the baby the girl's father sold to a childless couple, because Frank fears they could be next victims.
Frank pursues a killer who kidnaps teenagers from an upper middle-class neighborhood and forces them to drink human blood. After one is killed and the other is returned home unharmed because his father admitted to making a mistake, Frank is forced to set up a trap to capture the killer before he can harm the third victim.
A pharmacist drugs unsuspecting couples and forces them to enact his sexual fantasies that he cannot carry out with his wife. Will Frank and the Millennium Group be able to end these crimes before he can strike again?
The Millennium Group investigates the suicides of identical twin girls born seven years apart. They soon find out that a man and his bizarre family of cloned daughters are preparing for the apocalyptic disaster of May 5th, 2000, when a celestial alignment of the planets take place.
When Frank links two seemingly unrelated murders he finds that a killer seems to be committing murders in the exact style of serial killer Richard Hance, whom Frank put behind bars twenty years ago. The case warrants Frank's attention, and he is forced to his personal demons before he can help Bletcher track down the copycat killer...
Frank Black's private and professional lives clash when his sister-in-law is abducted by a convicted sex offender at her child's baptism. Although Bletcher orders him to stay out of the investigation because he is too close to the case, he cannot help but become involved. However, even his extraordinary abilities might not be enough to find his brother's wife...
A man confesses to murdering his family, but Frank doesn't believe him.
Franks wakes up in an alley with both memory loss and the strange feeling that someone was murdered.
Frank investigates the disappearance of a former nemesis, Dr. Ephraim Fabricant, and learns that his family may be the target of a murderer.
Frank and Peter investigate a series of Satanic murders and get caught in a battle between good and evil.
Frank tries to stop a killer of horses before he escalates.
Frank and Peter track a Russian killer with links to Chernobyl. They discover that he might be the Antichrist.
Frank is asked by Catherine's father to investigate a case involving a friend whose son has been convicted of murder, and is soon convinced that the murder is linked to a serial killer called The Woodsman. Having claimed his latest victim, the Woodsman takes the body to a secluded campsite, covers the body in plastic, buries her under a pile of leaves and strikes up a conversation. Later, he is given photos by a mysterious stranger and asked to use them as 'targets' for future killings - one of which includes Catherine Black...
When Frank Black discovers that his wife's been taken by the same stalker who has been sending him the Polaroid photos, he and the Millennium Group launch into action. Frank must rely on his visions to track down the polaroid man when his profiling skills fail to work...
A pack of horrible vicious dogs plague a small town and Frank learns more about the motives of the Millennium Group from a mysterious old man.
Frank helps in a manhunt for a person who is infected with a terrifying deadly disease
Frank and a new associate Lara Means investigate possible child abuse at a small town's day care center.
Frank learns more about his gift while investigating a murder at a Native American excavation site.
Strange coincidences plague Frank on Halloween.
Frank and Watts participate in a search for a bus load of missing children.
Frank and Peter go to Germany in search of a holy relic that may unlock the secrets of the Millennium Group.
Frank Black helps Jose Chung who is being stalked by a possible murderer and is writing a new book on the millennium.
Frank tries to mend fences with his estranged father on Christmas.
Frank and Lara investigate a man who appears to be responsible for a number of "mercy" killings.
Against orders from the Millennium Group Frank searches for a missing boy in Alaska.
Frank and Peter investigate a murder committed live on the internet. Clues lead Frank to the past and a serial killer called Avatar.
Asylum inmates become prime suspects in a series of murders involving urban legends.
The discovery of the True Cross in Damascus threatens to split the Millennium Group in two.
As the schism between the two warring Millennium Group interests deepens, Frank Black discovers the existence of another player in the power struggle.
A strange Asian woman is the prime suspect in a number of deaths aboard a ship.
Frank and Peter attempt to track down two women who escaped from prison and try to help them when they learn that one of them is pregnant.
Catherine and Lara investigate a girl who appears to be having visions.
Frank feels that Bletcher's murderer is responsible for the kidnapping of a boy.
Four demons discuss damnation in the modern world over coffee.
Frank and Peter are exposed to a dangerous disease and Lara disappears under mysterious circumstances.
A dangerous plague appears to be spreading throughout the world. Frank learns that he has been vaccinated for the disease. His wife and child, however, have not.
The Marburg virus has apparently run its course. Several months after the death of his wife and a nervous breakdown, Frank rejoins the FBI and investigates a plane crash with a new partner.
Frank and Emma investigate a family of identical women who are apparently being killed off.
Frank and Emma investigate a survivalist group worried about the Y2K bug.
Emma is haunted by memories of the death of her sister while she and Frank hunt a spree killer.
Frank and Emma investigate murders on the set of a movie based on one of Frank's former cases.
Frank and Emma investigate a mass grave that may have links to the Millennium Group.
The disappearance of a child leads a town to accuse a recently released sex offender who may or may not be guilty. Frank and Emma arrive to determine the truth.
Emma tries to help her drug addicted sister and learns that local addicts are exhibiting strange mutations linked to tainted heroin.
On Christmas, Frank and Jordan go one vacation in Vermont. Unexpectedly, they get involved with a supposedly dead Mafia hit man who appears to be living in the woods with a number of mysterious women.
Frank and Emma investigate a number of apparent drownings that occurred on dry land.
Peter's daughter is kidnapped by a Gulf War veteran who hopes to force the Millennium Group into admitting their crimes. Frank and Emma attempt to help, but Peter seems determined not to betray the secrets of the Group.
Frank receives a mysterious cassette tape filled with white noise and a visit from beyond the grave.
Lucy Butler returns to torment Frank. This times she is a nanny for a powerful Wisconsin politician.
Frank and Emma investigate the suicide of a former FBI agent and discover links between the FBI, the Millennium Group, and the Los Alamos nuclear research center.
A fundamentalist Jewish sect abducts a pregnant woman hoping to raise a pure child for the priesthood and force the coming of the Messiah.
When a new family moves into town, Jordan is filled with the uneasy knowledge that the devil is near.
Frank and Emma attempt to locate a girl who escapes from a mental institution while Emma's father grows ill.
Emma and Frank investigate the mysterious biological research conducted by a former Millennium Group member who is dying from a mysterious disease.
Frank receives a series of Polaroid photographs showing the face of a drowning victim. The face is his own.
Frank and Emma investigate a murder in a small town where Emma spent part of her youth.
Frank investigates a series of murders that replicate a serial killer case from his past while Emma moves closer to the Millennium Group.
Frank is held responsible for a man's death while Emma joins with the Millennium Group.
