Murder Most Foul

After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.

Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.

After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.

Shinji (Shinichi Tsutsumi) steps out of a train station to find himself transported back to 1964.