From Houston, Texas. A shooting incident, a stabbing victim won't identify his attacker and deputies deal with a suicidal suspect.

Tortured by her memories of Hope and past misdeeds, Gabrielle visits the temple of Mnemosyne, goddess of memory, and must travel through her past in an effort to live with her memories or erase them forever. Meanwhile, Joxer must protect Gabrielle's body while her mind is away.

Gerald Hadleigh, secretary of the Midsomer Worthy's Writer's circle had never wanted to invite best selling novelist Max Jennings to one of their meetings. When Gerald is found dead the next morning from a brutal battering, the other members of the circle wish they had heeded his reluctance. Inspector Barnaby soon discovers that Gerald is a man of myster, a man with a past. When another body is found, Barnaby has a double murder on his hands.