
A young rich countess marries a poor attractive man. The couple begins to live together, but soon the Countess dies under mysterious circumstances while riding.
Young Susan Shelley witnesses the death of her mother Jessica in an unexpected fire. Traumatized, Susan ends up in a mental institution, and her father Edward marries his mistress Francine. Three years later, Susan returns to her father's home. The familiar surroundings immediately awaken her memory of her dead mother. Meanwhile, the money-hungry Francine, who has squandered most of Edward's fortune, wants to bring Susan back to the asylum so she can lay her hands on the remaining half a million dollars....
Al Donnelly has all the qualities necessary to make a career in big politics. He is an excellent public speaker who easily ignites an audience. Al is good looking and quickly wins the favor of those around him. It is likely that in the struggle for the governor's chair Al Donnelly will not be equal. But what is eating this brilliant candidate, what is undermining his self-confidence? There is one weak link in Al Donnelly's sterling reputation - his crazy brother Michael. Al Donnelly finds a surefire way to neutralize the lousy sheep. He assigns a man from his team, Steve Dodds, to the deranged Michael and orders him to keep an eye on the troubled brother. Now that his Achilles' heel is safely hidden, Al Donnelly regains his confidence. His opponents have nothing to pick on; but Steve Dodds is out of luck ...
They live among us - scanners who can read the brains of others and can kill with their minds. Scanner Cameron Vale, at the request of Dr. Paul Ruth, a specialist in mental disabilities, is trying to track down scanner Darryl Rivock, who is the head of a secret organization that aims to establish the dominance of scanners around the world. Cameron is assisted by Kim Obrist, who also has the gift of mind control.
Night jazz club Blue Note, Paris, 1959. An elderly gentleman approaches the stage with an unsteady gait, shaking hands touching a saxophone, he is drunk. But as he begins to play, the audience freezes, even the bartender behind the bar dances to the rhythm of jazz, and the magical sounds become audible on a Parisian night street. There, on the street in the rain is a young man who cannot pass by the club, he is also enchanted, he is in love with the playing of an old saxophonist. For a short time fate will connect these two people, although the maestro of jazz has only a little time to live.