When New York's most vicious gossip columnist, Cassidy Towne, is found dead, NYPD Homicide Detective Heat uncovers a gallery of high profile suspects, all with compelling motives for killing the most feared muckraker in Manhattan. Heat's murder investigation is complicated by her surprise reunion with superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook.

An Englishwoman's weekend alone in New York. On a stopover, Loretta Lawson spends it in the apartment of an absent friend, with only the friend's dog for company. The weekend begins with an obscene call and ends with a shooting.

Peabody, Eve, and her husband Roarke are trying to get the hard evidence they need to bring two dirty cops down -- knowing all the while that the two are willing to kill to keep their secret.

Tough and sexy New York police detective Nikki Heat leads the investigation into the death of a New York real estate tycoon who plunged to his death on a Manhattan sidewalk. She's hit with an unexpected challenge when the commissioner assigns superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook to ride along with her to research an article on New York's Finest.

On a visit to an animal psychologist with her cat, New York actress Lydia Adamson gets tired of waiting and enters the office. She finds the psychologist dead, a tape recorder playing her voice. Lydia investigates, with help of the cat.

Malloy takes up the unsolved murder of Dr. Brandt, but the shocking revelations he uncovers may destroy Sarah-- and Malloy's hope for any future with her.