Dutch detective Van der Valk is called in to investigate the grisly and theatrical murder of a solicitor. As a cryptic note discovered within her jacket alludes to further murders, the race is on to undercover the truth.
Centuries before the world's oceans became a global trade highway, Chinese seafarers set sail to faraway lands to exchange commodities. Now, Historian Sam Willis retraces the golden era of maritime trade to uncover a legacy that culminated in one of the greatest armadas of all time, and discover parallels between the world then and now.
A compromising sexual video featuring a promising politician, it depicts the lives of four women forced to walk the line between public and private life.