Madam Annabelle Maestro returns home to Los Angeles after the murder of her celebrity mother and is reunited with old high school friends while her father stands trial for the crime and secrets from the past are uncovered.

The hero of Christine Falls, Quirke, is a surly pathologist living in 1950s Dublin. One night, after having a few drinks at a party, he returns to the morgue to find his brother-in-law tampering with the records on a young woman's corpse. The next morning, when his hangover has worn off, Quirke reluctantly begins looking into the woman's history. He discovers a plot that spans two continents, implicates the Catholic Church, and may just involve members...