Novel
12살 소녀인 니콜(Nicole Dreyfus: 캐더린 히리 분)에게는 두가지 소원이 있다. 하나는 다른 아이들처럼 아빠가 있는 정상적인 가정을 가지는 것이고, 또 다른 하나는 환한 조명을 받으며 춤을 추는 프리마돈나가 되는 것이다. 한편, 하원의원 선거를 앞두고, 워싱턴 진출을 목표로 분주하게 선거 운동을 하고 있던 패트릭 달턴(Patrick Dalton: 더들리 무어 분)은 천진난만하고 꾸밈없는 니키에게 호감을 갖게 되는데...
Story
A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter David Norliss, who has disappeared during an investigation. The tapes tell the story of that investigation, involving a recent widow whose late husband has been seen working in his private studio. As Norliss and the widow investigate, they unravel a plot involving Voodoo and the walking dead.
Novel
A frustrated pianist himself, music journalist Myles Clarkson is thrilled to interview virtuoso Duncan Ely. Duncan, however, is terminally ill and not much interested in Myles until noticing that Myles' hands are ideally suited for piano. Suddenly, he can't get enough of his new friend, and Myles' wife, Paula, becomes suspicious of Duncan's intentions. Her suspicions grow when Duncan dies and Myles mysteriously becomes a virtuoso overnight.
