Frankie is in her forties, ambitious and successful. She works in the aerospace industry at Filton, designing surveillance drones for the military. Shes never married, and is completely in control of every part of her life. Her closest relationship is with her father, who worked as an engineer on Concorde. But her life changes forever when she embarks on a passionate affair with Kahil, a French/Algerian aerospace student, twenty years younger than her. One day, she arrives at work and is detained by the security services: Kahil is a person of interest to MI5. Her well-ordered life starts to unravel in a welter of suspicion and prejudice, as Frankie no longer knows whether to follow her passion or listen to the doubts that increasingly overwhelm her.

It is 200 years before the birth of Christ and Rome is the new superpower of the ancient world. She believes she is invincible - but one man is destined to change that. He is a man bound by oath to avenge the wrongs inflicted on his home and, in pursuit of revenge, he will stop at nothing. Hannibal explores the man behind the myth, revealing what drove the 26-year-old to mastermind one of the most audacious military moves in history. With 40,000 soldiers and 37 elephants, he marched 1,500 miles to challenge his enemies on their own soil. It was an act so daring that few people believed it possible.

大名鼎鼎的私家侦探赫邱里·波洛接受伦敦首富撒旦·巴特斯的邀请，出席撒旦在他超级豪华的公寓里举办的一次特殊私人聚会，同时接受邀请的，还有著名侦探小说作家奥利弗太太、警察局惠勒探长、长期从事政府秘密工作的休斯上校、罗伯茨医生、劳莱默夫人、梅杰·德斯帕德少校、安妮·梅雷迪思小姐。绅士般的寒暄介绍之后，撒旦以主人的身份举杯致辞，随后安排八名客人分两桌打起了桥牌，自己则坐到壁炉前的一把高靠背椅上，手里端着酒杯，小事休息。午夜时分，罗伯特医生第一个起身告辞，发现歪靠在椅子上的撒旦已经死亡，一把镶着宝石的尖刀直插心脏。除了八个应邀而来的客人，在不到两个半小时的时间里兴致昂然的玩着自己手里的牌，再没有管家、也没有仆人，更没有人进来，那么是谁杀死了撒旦先生呢？杀人的动机又是什么呢？波洛先生迅速与同桌打牌的奥立弗太太、惠勒探长、休斯上校展开分析，分析的结果是，凶手是另一张牌桌上的四个人中的一个。同是侦探专家，波洛与奥立弗太太、惠勒探长、休斯上校当即对其他四个人进行调查，同一张牌桌玩牌的四个人反应各一：罗伯茨医生觉得撒旦先生狂妄伤人，劳莱墨夫人认为撒旦生性恶毒，安妮·梅雷迪思小姐从心里害怕撒旦先生，梅杰·德斯帕德少校很讨厌撒旦先生难闻的体味。当然，这些都不足成为杀害撒旦的动机，可是谁又知道其中的隐情？像撒旦先生这样身家来历不明、过着豪富生活、结交八方宾客的神秘人物，是不是掌握不该掌握的秘密而遭致杀身之后呢？波洛先生的调查从牌桌上的一张计分表开始，四个人不同个性逐渐显现，因此引出的涉案各方人物更多不为人知的犯罪事实、乃至丑闻一一浮出水面。