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.

In Canada, a land war breaks out between Native Americans and a mining company.

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.

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.