Paul Madriani's friend Alex has been charged with manslaughter and drunk driving after killing a prominent lawyer in a car accident, but he swears he only had one drink that night. After Madriani discovers that the lawyer was protecting secrets at the highest levels of national politics, he realizes there may be more to the case than there seems at first.

When Penn Cage returns to his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, he discovers that his father is being blackmailed -- and that blackmail may be connected to a racist murder that happened thirty years earlier.

Aging spymaster George Smiley tries to uncover a mole in the British Secret Intelligence Service.

Early in World War II, Hale is recruited as part of Operation Declare, an investigation of the true nature of several mysterious beings living on Mount Ararat, and how the Soviet Union has attempted to harness their vast supernatural powers.

Israel’s Prime Minister reinstates Ari Shamron as Mossad director. Shortly thereafter, Israel’s ambassador is murdered in Paris. The crime has all of the markings of Tariq al-Hourani, a terrorist mastermind.

Swedish detective Paul Hjelm is selected for a special unit that's tracking down the person who's killing some of Sweden's wealthiest businessmen - while listening to Thelonius Monk.