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A murdered servant girl is found in the palace of King Herod Antipas. The prefect, Pontius Pilate, is in attendance. The populace has already been buzzing over the brutal death of one of their prophets, John, known familiarly as the Baptizer, and scandal is in the air.

Venice, 1734. Castrato soprano Tito Amato, star of Venice opera, has let fame go to his head. Neglecting his vocal practice for dubious pleasures, Tito finds himself demoted to secondary roles and overshadowed by a visiting singer who usurps his position. But when the murder of scene painter Luca Cavalieri threatens to close the opera house, Tito sees an opportunity to reclaim his status and jumps at the chance to find the killer.

Accused of treason and stripped of his knighthood, Crispin Guest has survived on the gritty streets of London by reinventing himself as The Tracker, an investigator for hire who can locate lost objects and uncover secrets. When the merchant Nicholas Walcote hires Guest to investigate his young wife Philippa for adultery, he discovers an underground world of danger and dirty dealings. Philippa is indeed hiding something—but she's not the only one. Walcote himself is rumored to possess a holy relic so powerful that some would even kill for it.

Sarah Bain and her friends Lord Hugh Staunton and Mick O'Reilly are crime-scene photographers for the Daily World newspaper. After solving a sensational murder, they're under pressure to deliver another big story. On a foggy summer night, they're called to the bank of the River Thames. The murder victim is an unidentified woman whose face has been slashed. But as Sarah takes photographs, she discovers that the woman is still alive.

Das Ruhrgebiet im Winter 1947. Die junge Edith, aus Ostpreußen nach Bochum geflüchtet, hat endlich eine Anstellung gefunden - bei Pohlmann, einem Rechtsanwalt, der allerdings offenbar in Schwarzmarktgeschäfte verwickelt ist. Als ein ehemaliger KZ-Häftling, der bei den Arbeitern der Region ein hohes Ansehen genießt, ermordet in einem Eisenbahnwaggon aufgefunden wird, deutet einiges daraufhin, dass Pohlmann in diesen Mordfall verwickelt ist. Edith beschließt der Sache nachzugehen - ohne zu ahnen, worauf sie sich einlässt.