A detective investigates an impossible murder scene in a mysterious motel room, which acts as a portal to any door on Earth - when his daughter is abducted, his life begins to quickly fall apart.
"To eat the fruit of the lotus is to lose the desire to return home. But everyone who does has a reason."
A City Editor at a major Los Angeles newspaper goes after serious issues such as Vietnamese refugees, child abuse and gun control.
When Tessa Piggott vows never to trust men again, she doesn't plan on meeting Frank Carver...
Mike Lane; always broke, always short of rent, always running after easy money or a hard-to-get blonde.
"I wonder how much longer us women'll take to learn that living and loving's all a damn swindle? Love's all right on the pictures, but love on the dole ain't quite the same thing."
Roguish but loveable antique dealer who would happily fleece the unscrupulous dealers he encountered, whilst ensuring that those who had fallen victim to the sharks received what was rightfully their due.
According to television everybody was getting a taste of the 'permissive society' in the 1970s. Everybody, that is, except Geoffrey Bubbles Bon Bon and Beryl.
Accepting the luck of the draw has become the Green's family motto. But Arthur, at 28 the only unmarried one, begins to have doubts. Should he carry on as before or should he forget family tradition and give fate a definite hand?
Shorty Mepstead, a South-East Londoner who lives at home with his mum, is in love with his brother's girlfriend...