NYPD detective Jack Kanon and Swedish reporter Dessie Larsson traverse Europe in hot pursuit of a serial killer, one who sends a postcard before each murder and was responsible for the slayings of Jack's daughter and her boyfriend.
Mark Bittner recounts how he became fascinated by a group of wild parrots inhabiting his new studio apartment and how he became the bird's trusted friend, the local parrot expert, and a tourist attraction.
The murder of a homeless woman reveals a decades-old secret and sets a young woman on a quest to stop the assassins who have been sent to keep the secret's shocking implications hidden.
