Show Notes
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.
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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.