Admiral Pellew sends Hornblower off in search of his old mate Bracegirdle, whose sloop Grasshopper has gone missing under mysterious circumstances.

Still she crises: When Dr. Hill enlists a female student in the reopened investigation of a serial killer, more than his judgment is called into question. The darkness of light: Current murder victims found beneath ancient remains lead Dr. Hill to the supernatural conclusion that the same murderer is at work. Right to silence: Two brutal murders point to a notorious gang boss who is in prison. Could he be orchestrating the killings from behind bars? Sharp...

Britain's most enigmatic criminal expert is back. Clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill enlists the help of one of his students in the reopened investigation of a serial killer. But when his best friend is brutally murdered, Tony finds more than just his judgment called into question.

True commitment: Kavanagh is frustrated with the case of a young man who changes his story when he is charged with the stabbing death of a Patriotic Front protester. Men of substance: Forced to replace an ailing prosecutor, Kavanagh finds more than meets the eye in an international drug smuggling case. The Burning deck: Kavanagh is up against his friend and sometime adversary Eleanor Harker, each defending clients on an arson charge in a naval court-matial....

A young man is sworn to destroy the Doones who killed his father, but falls in love with a beautiful member of the Doone clan.