A masked perpetrator murders a prominent politician and leaves an old, golden coin in his hand. Nikola Bobic, a defence attorney, reluctantly takes a case and plunges into a dangerous game that will change his life forever.
As Aymeric has just been found dead in Provence, his husband, Manuel, a renowned author, is seized with doubts as to the cause of his death. While everything seemed to be going well, Manuel suspects an assassination.
Detective by chance, out of anger and human curiosity, always poised between ironic indolence and blues yearning, in his search for the truth Carlo Monterossi will have to confront a couple of cultured and professional killers, two gypsies looking for revenge, collectors and smugglers of Nazi-fascist souvenirs, incredible personal exchanges, a woman who seems to have lived several times and a cruel past that returns and leaves indecipherable clues behind. A comedic twist based on Alessandro Robecchi's successful crime novels.
The events in the series mainly revolve around Rufat, Afet, and Zarifa. Rufat and Zarifa once loved each other. However, Rufat, who sacrificed his love for wealth, married Afet, the daughter of the wealthy Samadagha. Despite the passing of years, Rufat is not happy with Afet. The biggest reason is that they do not have children. Zarifa lives a simple life with her only daughter, Shalala. Rufat, who meets Shalala, becomes attached to her from the first moment and thinks that Shalala is his own daughter. Although Zarifa denies this, Rufat's attachment to Shalala increases day by day. And this situation also brings Rufat and Zarifa closer. Afet's father, Samadagha, is involved in illegal activities. And he is ready to do everything in his power to ensure that his daughter is not unhappy.
A by-the-rule police officer must team up with a streetwise cop and go undercover in an operation to bust a major drug ring in Manchester. This becomes the start of a continuing partnership.
Post-grad Joshua Penny investigates the murder of his mother in Brighton, who was killed after witnessing another murder. He delves into the local underworld to find the real killer, as police suspect his father.
Kenta Sakaguchi was a yakuza member and he spent 13 years in prison for killing a rival yakuza boss. Hidehiko Hirohashi was a secretary for a politician. He took the blame for the politician’s act. Isao Okawara was a self-defense official, but he took in arms against the government. Kenta Sakaguchi, Hidehiko Hirohashi and Isao Okawara gather under retired ex-detective Gonzaemon Mukai. Kenta, Hidehiko and Isao get even with people who betrayed and deceived them.
A mysterious young shaman, on the run protecting a secret gift, joins hands with a seasoned city cop to hunt down a dangerous figure from his dark past. But when he falls for the cop's young daughter, he is torn between duty and love.
Inspector Vasco Benassi is known in Bologna as the “best cop,” but after making a mistake, he is sent to the Apennines, to the small village of Muntagò, the hometown he had left years earlier following a traumatic loss. Investigating various cases will help him reconnect with his roots, in a process of “reopening his heart” that will lead him to become less solitary, to form new relationships, and to deepen others from the past.