Evelyn Lukas

A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect. After he gets a call from the killer urging him to try and figure out the game, he cooperates with police and a psychologist to try and catch the killer, but doubts linger about the grandmaster's innocence as the string of grisly murders continues.

アメリカ西部の砂漠で、突然、夫と別れたドイツ人旅行者ジャスミン。その砂漠で、家庭も仕事もうまくいかず、日々ストレスを抱え込むカフェ＆モーテルのボス、ブレンダ。打ち解けるはずのない二人が、やがてかけがいのない友情で結ばれていく。