Beauty Mark Cosmetics founder Viveca Scott finds herself the target of intimidation from her competitor, David Lang. His animosity intensifies when he discovers the true nature of her groundbreaking cream: it demonstrably diminishes wrinkle…

The sommelier, a man deeply attuned to the nuances of vintage and terroir, committed a desperate act. He eliminated his half-brother, a move intended to thwart the sale of their family winery to a corporate entity. The brother’s mounting ga…

The Senate candidate, in a desperate gamble to salvage his flagging campaign, orchestrated the death of his campaign manager. He meticulously crafted the scene to suggest the manager had been the intended victim of a targeted assassination.

During a screening of a new advertising campaign, a filmmaker committed murder, taking the life of one of his clients.

The publisher made a desperate proposition to the veteran. He wanted the author silenced, permanently. A prominent figure in the literary world, the writer was on the verge of leaving, poised to sign with a rival house. The publisher needed…

The head of a prestigious government research facility, a man surrounded by brilliant minds, orchestrates a cunning murder. Yet, the investigation falls to a different sort of genius: Lieutenant Columbo.

The country singer’s wife, a presence that had long overshadowed him, perished in the plane crash. He survived, deploying his parachute to a waiting earth.

The police commissioner offered a fabrication of an alibi to a friend, newly burdened with the weight of his wife’s death. Time passed, and the commissioner himself enacted a similar deed. He then sought out the friend, compelling him to r…