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Das Phantom von Fort Boyard - so heißt der Abenteuerfilm, der in der berühmten Festung an der Atlantikküste gedreht wird. Marilou, die wieder einmal in Geldnot ist und deshalb eine Statistenrolle übernommen hat, staunt nicht schlecht, als plötzlich Inspektor Jean-Luc Perez vor ihr steht. Doch ein heftiger Sturm und eine echte Leiche machen ihnen einen Strich durch die Rechnung. Bevor die Verbindung zur Außenwelt abbricht, gelingt es Marilou, einen Hilferuf an Babette Fleurentin abzusetzen.

Winter 1944: Months after the Liberation of France, ex-Boston cop Billy Boyle finds himself in a Paris reeling from the carnage it has endured but hopeful that an end to war is in sight. When Billy finds a rare piece of artwork after a tense shoot-out in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, he thinks it could be connected to the Syndicat du Renard, a shadowy network of Nazi sympathizers known to be smuggling stolen artwork out of France. Trailing the Syndicat, Billy discovers that someone with a high level of communications clearance may be using his position to aid the thieves.

Emilia und Eric finden heraus, dass hinter dem Unfall des Tenors Emilio vielleicht mehr steckt als eine unglückliche Verkettung tragischer Ereignisse. Bei einer meisterhaft improvisierten Premiere ohne Gesang provozieren die Stewarts mithilfe von Erics mangelnder Musikalität und Emilias Beschwörungskunst den ruhelosen Geist auf der Bühne – und vor einem vielhundertköpfigen Publikum kommt es zu einem Showdown zwischen Fluch und Geisterjägern.

Ellie has an ailing sister to care for and working as a ghost hunter who doesn't believe in ghosts helps cover the bills. On her latest job, though, she may be in for some genuine scares. The skeptical, reserved, and very rich Nicholas Hartford III has flown her all the way to his family's ancestral estate in England - supposedly haunted by a phantom named Xavier. Something is causing the flashes of light, mysterious accidents and other apparent pranks in the chilly, eerie castle. His mother is sure that Xavier is real, and he's willing to employ Ellie if she can get to the bottom of it.

Thespian sleuth Charles Paris is his own worst enemy, a louche lush who can resist anything except temptation - especially in the form of women and alcohol. Estranged from his long-suffering wife, Frances, his personal life is shambolic, and as an actor, he's C-list at best. But he does have a talent for solving murders - which is just as well, because wherever he goes, someone seems to drop dead.