A night of sex, drugs and partying in the Hollywood Hill's is the perfect setting for Serina's 18th birthday - until this high school pool party goes horribly wrong when an uninvited guest begins killing everyone

Stuck in a loveless marriage to intellectual George Tesman, the ambitious Hedda Gabler hungers for a life her husband can't provide. Then a former flame, the successful Eilert, enters the picture, violence and blackmail aren't far behind.

Salesman Edie Cameron experiences setbacks in his work and personal life.

Jessica's promising debut as a young artist is shattered by a sudden and violent death. She escapes into a restless succession of journeys whose encounters along the way bring humour, some comfort, but also danger.

Quiet Devonshire school girl Joanna's claim that she saw a tiger in Barrow Woods soon takes hold, in her home, at school and in the national press.

A farm in the Cotswolds is a far cry from the bagel-strewn Stepney of Natalie's childhood. It smells of manure, the cows frighten her and her neighbours find her rather ' foreign'. A visit from the ladies of her old Jewish girls' club is not going to help matters.

Gregory has troubles enough when Ella moves him out and sets him up for a job with the radio people. Suspicions of infidelity can make the world a disturbing place. But then he still has to meet the new neighbours ...

Follows the assassination of Leon Trotsky.