When Reed Gallagher, dean of Journalism at Lanholme College, is found dead of asphyxiation in an apparent attempt at autoerotic suffocation, Joanne Kilbourn is pulled into the murky world of kinky sex, academic competitiveness and ruthless ambition.

An experiment of psychological effects under stressful conditions in a shelter. When fifteen strangers are put into a nuclear shelter to see how long they can survive without interaction with the outside, things work out fine.

The story of a fictional town suffering from an outbreak of severe water contamination.

When a judge winds up brutally murdered in her home, Joanne Kilbourne (Wendy Crewson) has a tough case on her hands to find the murderer. Unfortunately Kilbourne is a mere TV presenter who has featured the judge on her show. But her intriguing nature means she can't pull back from the chance to become a real life sleuth, leading her into some perilous situations.