After two narcotics agents are murdered in New York City, investigator Steve Nash flies to Paris in pursuit of a heroin smuggling ring, meeting the enigmatic Helene Fraine on the flight. In Paris, Nash gets the attention of olive oil magnate Orestes Colodinos, who warns him to stay away. With little support from French authorities, Nash still manages to link Colodinos' shipping operation to the drug trade. Meanwhile, his romance with Helene entangles him in an insurance fraud scheme involving a stash of emeralds.

After defense attorney Ned Murray secures the acquittal of Lew Rydell, accused of murdering a grocery delivery boy, Rydell admits to Ned that he strangled the boy and would gladly do it again. Torn between his duty to the law and allowing a dangerous man to walk free, Ned seeks guidance from the trial judge, who urges compassion for Rydell’s apparent mental illness. Meanwhile, Ned’s client, Tony Eigo, himself a former hitman, offers a far more pragmatic solution.

The same day Larry Fielding inexplicably loses his job as a reporter, he agrees to accompany a stranger to Paris in pursuit of Nazi-looted jewels. Once there, he becomes part of a dangerous intelligence plot, where no one's identity is certain — not even that of the alluring Carol Johnson. She claims to be a Sorbonne student, but might be a double agent working for the Russians — or perhaps the Americans. As Larry navigates this unfamiliar terrain, only one thing is certain: the food in Paris is good.

Movie star Richard Morgan brings his new wife, Jenny, to Bon Repos, his sprawling cliffside estate overlooking the Pacific. But from the start, Jenny feels unwelcome, haunted by the lingering presence of Richard’s first wife, the glamorous, much-mourned April Sanders. She soon learns April fell from the nearby cliffs to her death on the sharp rocks below — but was she pushed, did she jump, or was it just an accident?

After a chance encounter with Al Grissom, a man strikingly similar to her husband Leo, Gloria Winters sees an opportunity. Seducing Al, she persuades him to join her in a scheme to kill Leo and flee to the Riviera with the insurance payout. They carefully plot to poison Leo with toxic mushrooms, and then have Gloria’s elderly family doctor certify the death as accidental. But as their conspiracy unfolds, the lovers' plans begin to diverge — leading to consequences neither could foresee.

George Wesley Sanderson is a Manhattan lawyer cursed with the strange gift of hearing voices — voices that both predict the future and make it impossible for him to forget his past, particularly the circumstances surrounding his late wife's death, for which George may be responsible. Fifteen years ago, while his wife lay gravely ill, George fell for his boss's beautiful daughter. Now, fifteen years later, the voices return with unsettling karmic reciprocity.

Aspiring novelist Steven Lake has spent seven years writing his debut novel only to fall in love with his own creation — the captivating and mercurial Clarissa. Noted publisher Albert Higgins wants to publish the book, but only if Steven will rewrite the ending to save Clarissa for a sequel. Higgins wants just ten new pages, but Steven hesitates, afraid that if he allows Clarissa to survive, she'll ruin his life.

Clockmaker Ethan Vigil acquires an antique timepiece marked with the numeral 13 at the top of its dial — a detail as strange as its refusal to run. But when his wife cuts her finger on on the works inside, the clock unexpectedly comes to life, and Ethan discovers the device grants him an extraordinary gift: twice a day, time stops for everyone but him, granting him two extra hours of solitude daily. He thrives, but soon discovers that his reprieve comes at a terrible cost.

Tell the truth or lie? That's the dilemma facing Lorna Kitteridge after her fiancé, Mark Cramer, kills a woman while driving drunk in their small New England college town. Mark, facing imprisonment for manslaughter, begs her to cover for him. Her father, a college professor who's something of an expert on the truth, urges her to follow her conscience and come clean about the accident. But can her father follow his own counsel — especially when he's confronted with a long-buried scandal from the past?

Mary Ellen McKay returns with her American fiancé, Michael, to her childhood home on the windswept Solway Firth, where her Aunt Jeannie raised her. Soon after arriving, they take part in one of her aunt’s regular séances, unknowingly inviting a sinister force into their lives. Then, on her wedding night, Ellen’s dreams are invaded by a monstrous presence, and as the terrifying visits continue, she discovers she is pregnant, leaving her tormented as she unravels the terrifying link between the séance and her quickening child.

Newlyweds Susan and Dan Carey embark on a cross-country honeymoon before settling in San Francisco, where Dan will manage his firm's office. But Susan's post-wedding bliss unravels when Lt. Harrington of the New York City Police approaches her with a chilling accusation: her husband is a serial wife-killer who murders wealthy women after marrying them. As uncanny parallels emerge between their honeymoon itinerary and Harrington's story, Susan's terror mounts, threatening both her marriage and Dan's life.