Balagan's first case is launched when Danni pleads with him to find a missing boy and, in a race against time, he enlists Sam and Alcina to help.
A clever robbery during a high-stakes poker game forces Hugo to ask Balagan for help, prompting the chess master to create his own complex plot to trap the culprit.
Hired by a desperate amnesiac, Balagan begins to unravel the man's complicated identity while fighting with Pippa over the investigation into his fiancée's murder.
In order to help his former mentor on the police force, Hugo is forced to ask Balagan for help in solving a baffling, old cold case about a missing teenage girl.
A mysterious doctor tells Balagan that he is responsible for the murder of a woman found in the hotel pool during a psychiatric conference, drawing Balagan into a complex and dangerous game that reveals the truth about a murder.
Enlisted by a terrified family to help solve the inexplicable bombing of their car, which leaves their son too terrified to leave the house, Balagan is sidetracked by an unexpected match with a 16-year-old world chess champion.
Smitten by a beautiful Chinese cryptologist, Sam convinces Balagan to try to solve an intricate puzzle involving a vital secret and an attractive, conniving female journalist.
When the imperious heiress of the Huxley Hotel empire descends for an inspection, she coerces Balagan into helping her find her son, who has mysteriously disappeared.
A boisterous reunion between Balagan and his longtime buddy, a Russian cosmonaut, is interrupted when an aerospace engineer plunges to his death and Balagan's friend is accused of the murder, leaving Balagan questioning his friend's innocence.
When the hotel safe is robbed during an extravagant Indian wedding celebration, the distraught couple asks Balagan to help recover their stolen gifts -- but is it an inside job or the work of professionals?
Balagan is forced to match his chess skills against a computer when his anonymous online opponent reveals that he is playing for lethally high stakes – the lives of a group of innocent hostages.
An entitled rock star hires Balagan to find $200,000 stolen from him – a mystery that also involves colourful groupies, a missing polar bear, and the kidnapped grandmother of Danni's estranged husband.
After Balagan investigates the sudden death of a hotel security guard, he is forced to face his worst nightmare. Ends in cliffhanger.
