The police have arrested a Latino teenager caught pawning a murdered attorney's stolen Rolex. To complicate matters, the suspect's sister wants McBride to defend her brother - despite the fact that the victim was a close friend of McBride's.

McBride is a former cop-turned-defense lawyer with a penchant for taking on "lost cause" cases. After serving as a juror on an attempted murder case, McBride reluctantly agrees to represent the defendant in her retrial. Assisted by the case's former public defender, Phil Newberry, and McBride's ex, Roberta, the three attempt to unravel the mystery of a tycoon nearly poisoned to death, and the many mysteries surrounding the case.

Las aventuras del piloto Jake Cutter, su fiel amigo y mecánico Corky y su perro tuerto Jack a bordo del hidroavión "Cutter's Goose" durante el periodo previo a la Segunda Guerra Mundial que se sabe inminente. Jake Cutter es cliente asiduo de un bar llamado "Bar del Mono" en la isla de Boragora, en la Polinesia Francesa donde otros personajes, residentes en la isla, comparten las aventuras de Jake. Éstos son el abogado, médico y dueño del "Bar del Mono" Bon Chance Louie; la exhuberante cantante pelirroja del "Bar del Mono" Sarah Stickney White y también espía americana; el espía alemán de la Wermagh disfrazado de reverendo Willie Tenboom y la Princesa Kogi,líder de una banda de contrabandistas que cuenta con un ejército de sumarais liderados por Todo.