Helm investigates the death of a tycoon who was going to be a player in the highest stakes poker game of all time.

Helm agrees to help an old friend find his business partners, unaware that they had been involved in diamond smuggling.

Helm discovers a seriously wounded woman on the beach, only to find her gone when he returns with help.

Matt investigates the death of a research scientist who was found frozen to death after an apparent skiing accident.

Record pirates murder a detective friend of Helm's who had been hired to investigate possible piracy by a suspicious musician.

With Helm out of the country, Kronski must work alone to uncover evidence to prove that her client did not murder her husband.