In 1860, the newly-formed Scotland Yard enlists novelist and human nature expert Charles Dickens as a detective to solve a mysterious case of murder or suicide. Based on the true history of Scotland Yard. He finds clues are few and suspects are many — or maybe it was suicide.
A lurid tale that takes place at the turn of the century in Louisiana. An uncle is strongly attracted to the niece left in his care after his sister died. His rival is the family chauffer — a medical student whom she loves.
A 60 plus year old furniture maker decides to marry his 30 year old secretary — much to the consternation of his friend and next door neighbor. His friend is able to prove to herself that the young secretary has evil motives. Can she prove it to him before it's too late.
An interstellar diplomat travels to a remote planet with her boss to establish relations with a people whose primary resource is music. The diplomat is immediately enchanted by the music. Her boss looks for ways to exploit the people and their planet.
A reporter for the London Times travels to a writer's farm to do a story on him and his works regarding the occult. He encounters the writer's mute son, his overbearing nanny, the writer's neurotic wife, and the mysterious drawings in the tool shed.
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A strategic planner travels to Russia to work for his firm's Russian office. He lapses into the past where he travels to the village of his parents' birth and learns of their past and struggles to put history right.
The story of the Empress Josephine, her obsession with fortune telling through tarot cards, and her manipulation of Napoleon.
Women of a village stricken with disease and famine think they have found a savior in a man who claims he is a god. The leader of the village doubts him and challenges the man to prove himself a god.
In a 19th century hospital, the head of obstetrics tries to find out why a high number of women die in child birth in the ward where doctors deliver babies but midwives seldom have problems.
Twenty years after his retirement, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are reunited to solve the mystery of a purloined document from a professional copier.
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