A trader working on a merger dies at a Chinese banquet in Hong Kong.

One of the partners trying to raze a Brownstone where Hemmingway once wrote is erased--permanently.

A new Victorian house owner is killed in the manner befitting a vampire -- a wooden stake in his chest.

A media tycoon may have been killed by a literary agent who seems as substantial as smoke.

Jessica is fascinated by a demo of a VR game based on her book, but, while playing it, she thinks she sees a real murder.

A racehorse trainer is murdered as he is on his way to expose a racing fraud and there is some friction concerning his daughter's permission to ride in the race.

An American nephew, out to get the family business, gets a different kind and the Irish widow's son is suspected.

There are three suspects in the murder of a crooked deputy: a CPA, an illegal casino owner and his daughter's jilted lover.

A man thinks he should get royalties from a book based on his case, written by Jessica.

A producer staging an adaptation of one of Jessica's novels finds no joy in London.

When the chef of a restaurant who recently had over half his stock bought up by a well-known mobster dies, suspicion turns to Jessica's young friend Lorna Thompson, but when the mobster himself dies, Jessica realises there is more than meets the eye to this case.

A piece of sculpture does double duty as a murder weapon.

A mobster is upset when he learns that a petty thief has found an unexpected $900,000.

Jessica is shocked to learn that her editor has taken a flying leap from his high-rise office.

A step-father may have been eliminated by his step-son, a graffiti artist.

An old established store has closed for the last time and its accountant won't have to find another job.

Seth vanishes and every one is sure there was foul play.

A truck hijacker comes to the end of the road.

The strict mentor of a piano prodigy is found dead.

It is no sleight of hand when the crooked carnival magician is murdered.