The story of the final weeks leading to the ambiguous disappearance of Maya Dardel, an internationally respected poet and novelist, who lived until 2016 in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Maya announces on National Public Radio that she intends to end her life and that young male writers may compete to become executor of her estate. Men drive up the mountain and are challenged intellectually, emotionally, erotically, until one of them begins...

A womanizing brain surgeon and his two lovers achieve maturity after the putting down of the Prague Spring by Soviet troops.

A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.

A rare book dealer is hired to locate the remaining copies of a demonic manuscript that can summon the devil.

Jukes intends to charge Georgina with Constantine's crimes unless she can prove Jon Brandeis was to blame. The problem, of course, is that Brandeis doesn't exist. Adriana discovers a family secret…

Georgina learns news about Nico.

Georgina discovers Interpol are investigating Constantine for money laundering and art forgery, which unexpectedly links to an old friend of hers. In an effort to save the Clios Bank, Constantine's ex-wife gets into bed with a notorious criminal…

Christos begins to piece together Georgina's lies.

A familiar face returns to the Riviera.

Georgina confronts Constantine's forger, looking for answers as to what her husband was doing on the yacht. Could the truth she seeks be hidden in the safe room he recently had installed? Meanwhile, the only survivor from the yacht awakens…