Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) trabaja de forma confidencial, con sumo cuidado, dotado de una sólida cultura, nervios de acero y pocos escrúpulos. Su reputación le ha servido para recibir la llamada de Boris Balkan (Frank Langella), un apasionado de los textos demoníacos que quiere encontrar los dos últimos libros del legendario manual de invocación satánica De umbrarum regni novem portis: Las nueve puertas del Reino de las Sombras. De Nueva York a Toledo y de París a Sintra, Corso se verá inmerso en un laberinto lleno de peligro, tentaciones, aterradoras sorpresas, violencia y muertes inesperadas.

Un matrimonio librero aficionado a las historias detectivescas intenta ayudar a un amigo en aclarar un crimen de un rival también librero

Un excéntrico millonario contrata al matrimonio Sloane (Montgomery y Russell) para resolver el misterio del robo de las primeras ediciones de unos antiguos libros.

Murder results when a group of houseguests converge on a chateau, each plotting to steal a valuable Gutenberg Bible.

The National Library of France is the guardian of priceless treasures that tell our history, our illustrious thinkers, writers, scholars and artists. Telling the story of the exceptional treasures of the National Library of France is like opening a great history book rich in many twists and turns. Without the love of the kings of France for books and precious objects, this institution would never have seen the light of day. The story begins in the 14th century under the reign of a passionate writer, Charles V, who set up a library in his apartments in the Louvre. But it was not until the 17th century, and the reign of Louis XIV, a lover of the arts and letters, that the royal library took over its historic quarters in the rue Vivienne in Paris, which it still occupies.

A probate lawyer handles the will and testament of his recently deceased elderly clients and uncovers a shocking secret about their middle-aged son's unusual roots.