Johnny, Chris, Sal, and Joe are four petty crooks thrown together for the job of a lifetime. $1 million in mob money being held at a delicatessen for pick-up seems like an easy score until the bumbling quartet collaborate to mess the whole thing up. Suddenly the Brooklyn mafia and police are on their trail and the fool proof plan now looks like a death trap.
Around 1940, New Yorker staff writer Joe Mitchell meets Joe Gould, a Greenwich Village character who cadges meals, drinks, and contributions to the Joe Gould Fund and who is writing a voluminous Oral History of the World, a record of 20,000 conversations he's overheard. Mitchell is fascinated with this Harvard grad and writes a 1942 piece about him, "Professor Seagull," bringing Gould some celebrity and an invitation to join the Greenwich Village Ravens, a poetry club he's often crashed. Gould's touchy, querulous personality and his frequent dropping in on Mitchell for hours of chat lead to a breakup, but the two Joes stay in touch until Gould's death and Mitchell's unveiling of the secret.
NYPD Detective Mike Logan, who was reassigned to Staten Island after punching a corrupt politician, takes on a grisly murder case. When the investigation leads him back to the 27th Precinct, Logan sees a chance to resurrect his flailing career and be reinstated as a homicide detective.
Mr. T comes out fighting in Straight Line, an intense, unrelenting action thriller about the sinister mind-control plot of a power-mad man, and the immovable object that won't stop 'til he drops! Mr. T is T.S. (Too Strong) Turner, a "private investigator" called on to seek and destroy the vicious street thugs who are causing chaos all over the city's East End. These Punks are running wild - they are afraid of nothing. The Gang, called "The Future" is a radical clan who want their future all white! When he hears this, Turner sees red, and now he's out for blood! His hell-bent mission: find out who's controlling these kids, and stop them before the terrorism gets out of control! T.S. is armed and ready for a furious fight to the finish.
When Elaine, an adventurous young woman from Germany, arrives in New York City, she sets out to be a famous writer. After a brief stint at a mundane job, Elaine falls on hard times and also becomes intrigued by a mysterious stranger named Lulu. Before long, Elaine gets roped into situations involving theft, murder and the mob. Can the beleaguered expatriate with big dreams turn her life around and steer clear of crime and chaos?
Emily Hollander becomes the subject of a lesbian obsession at the hands of Andrea Glassen, her next-door neighbour.