Ashkan the Charmed Ring and Other Stories (2009)

When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence,…

Some journeys are measured by what you sacrifice to get there

A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to…

Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week’s pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a castle-home, miles from anywhere in the American desert south-west and…

A wealthy young man is conned into staging a fake kidnapping in order to be a hero and win the affection of a girl he’s madly in love with. But…

A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.

Mady, a student, works as a locksmith by night. He helps Claire get into her apartment and soon realizes that she lied to him about her identity and robbed something…

An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they can get a…

The last time Hannetjie Stadler heard her daughter’s voice was a voicemail as she called for help during a brutal murderous attack. In 2005 the popular tourist town of Knysna…

In his remote China hideaway the evil Fu Manchu plots the death and discredit of his arch rival, Inspector Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard.

The skeleton staff of a deserted neighborhood’s police station that is closing down the next day are under attack all night by the overwhelming numbers of a relentless street gang…

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.