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Der erste Fall für Chastity Riley: Hamburg, ein nebliger März, an der Elbe liegen tote Stripperinnen. Wer hat die jungen Frauen auf dem Gewissen? Warum wurden sie skalpiert? Was sollen die Perücken? Staatsanwältin Chastity Riley ist zuständig für Verbrechen, die sich rund ums Rotlichtviertel abspielen, wobei ihr das Rotlicht mehr liegt als das Verbrechen. Obwohl: Ihre Stärke ist es, zu denken wie eine Kriminelle. Ihre Schwäche sind Kneipen, Zigaretten, junge Männer und schummriges Licht.

Brilliantly told, Revolver brings the brazenly ambitious and profoundly innovative industrialist and leader Samuel Colt to vivid life. In the space of his 47 years, he seemingly lived five lives: He traveled, womanized, drank prodigiously, smuggled guns to Russia, bribed politicians, and supplied the Union Army with the guns they needed to win the Civil War. Colt lived during an age of promise and progress, but also of slavery, corruption, and unbridled greed, and he not only helped to create this America, he completely embodied it.

Acquired wisdom has always put Sgt. Pepper at the head of the class, but it was Revolver that truly signaled The Beatles' sea change from a functional band to a studio-based ensemble. These changes began before Rubber Soul but came to fruition on Revolver, which took an astonishing 300 hours to produce, far more than any rock record before it.

Philadelphia, 1965: Two street cops—one black, one white—are gunned down in a corner bar. One of the fallen officers, Stan Walczak, leaves behind a 12-year-old boy, Jimmy. Philadelphia, 1995: Homicide detective Jim Walczak learns that his father's alleged killer, Terrill Lee Stanton, has been sprung from prison. Jim stalks the ex-con, hoping to finally learn the truth.