Anne Harriman has it all, and expects nothing less. Her brilliant work as chief pathologist of pharmaceutical giant Bauer-Ritter has secured the respect of the corporate, academic and political worlds, making her a trophy addition to any board or panel. But she's prepared to put it all on the line when her old friend Giselle McKenzie is murdered.
A photographer returns to her hometown after the death of her best friend, only to discover the hidden secrets of their relationship and the truth of the tragedy.
Sixteen-year-old Terry Connor is sent, along with a few of his friends, to an Outward Bound centre. On his first day at the centre Terry is taken pot-holing by the senior instructor, Alex. All goes well until, at 100 feet underground, Alex goes to search for the torch that Terry has dropped. Hours pass, and, to Terry’s astonishment, when Alex finally returns he has no recollection whatever of having been absent. Terry suspects something sinister is taking place – it is surely no coincidence that there is a secret Ministry of Defence establishment nearby. But just how deeply his curiosity will involve him in dangerous matters becomes clear when he learns the truth about the ‘Jensen Code’...
The story takes place over three days and two nights and is woven together from four omnibus stories. The story begins with a novelist struggling to meet a deadline, a popular actor on a secret trip with his lover, a businessman who wants to quit his job after dealing with complaints, and a kidnapper who has held a hostage in a room, all gathering at a resort hotel.
43-year old Yuri is a successful psychiatrist and hypnotist. A raving and committed non-believer, he is capable of rationalizing anything…except for his own nightmares. In his dreams, he sees his ex-wife who, many years ago, committed suicide, which was partially his fault. A red-headed woman he doesn't know. And a strange symbol that looks like an infinity sign. Because of insomnia, Yuri is used to spending his night hours getting drunk at a strip joint, and at times he drags dancers to his home. During one of his visits, he meets a new young dancer named Anya and suddenly finds himself getting attached to her. A mother of a small boy tormented by nightmares turns to Yuri for help. As he tries to untangle this case, Yuri begins to find evidence that reincarnation exists. And the boy gives him a clue to the mystery of his own nightmares.
Felix is a software developer who works for the department of software at an important anti-virus company. Beside that he is completing the missing parts of software on the games which are produced by game companies, eventually he gets an offer from the world famous game company called R.W games. This offer is about fixing the software errors as usual. What surprises Felix the fact that the game has no error on it. In a short time he realizes that the game can have echos in real life, and nothing will be the same anymore.
Saionji Hajime is the perfect butler and he works for a madame who is elegant. The madame is full of curiosity and has a pure personality. Hajime began to work for the madame before her husband died and they share a deep level of trust. One day, they face murder case. The madame holds doubts about the murder case. Hajime uses his great reasoning powers in an attempt to solve the mystery.
On the night of a blackout at the new residential area, ‘Soil New Town’, the Suzushiros, a family of three who live in that ordinary town, suddenly vanish into thin air. A pillar of salt rising up to the ceiling is left behind in the room of their daughter, Miki. Coincidentally, a heap of salt as high as a school building appears in the junior high school’s yard...
At the top of that heap is the heart of a hamster. Dispatched to solve this bizarre case, Onoda Masako and Yokoi Mitsuo from the Kamikawa Precinct, are astonished by the strange pillar of salt. There is the head of the resident's association whose daily routine is obsessive surveillance, a youth who has been missing ever since the case occurred and an old woman who had an unsavoury experience in this town in the past. In the course of their investigation, Onoda and Yokoi begin to peer through to the underlying demeanours of the town’s residents and realise that malice and madness lurks beneath this seemingly quiet town.
Haunted by mysterious nightmares, heiress Xu Peiyu ventures into Tongbo Mountain guided by Lin Chen, a descendant of mountain guardians seeking the truth behind his great-grandfather’s death. As they uncover family secrets and face deadly dangers together, they’re forced to confront an ancient feud that could either bind them forever or set them free.
Mr. Yoo is the section chief of one of the worst performing sections in the company. One day while working late, he is chased by several men and is then hit by a truck. He is the 4th victim of the strange incidents that has been occurring at the company that resulted in 3 deaths. However, all of the victims had one thing in common other than working in the same company, which was that all of them had a music box given to them as a gift.
Nasser Kazemi is a well-known criminal who lost his memory due to a blow to his head caused by an accident. After this accident, Nasser found a different personality and when he sees that everyone is afraid of him, he tries to make up for his mistakes, but his friend Dawood explains to him that they are working for a drug trafficking gang whose boss That, Mohandes is a very cruel person, they were working and...