Harry learns that Sirius Black, the escaped prisoner he thought betrayed his parents, is innocent and was his parents’ trusted friend and his guardian; the real traitor is Peter Pettigrew, who hid for years as Ron’s rat, Scabbers.
After the circus collapses in a stampede and the cruel owner August is killed by the elephant Rosie, Jacob Jankowski and Marlena escape together and build a happy life.
Sam relives the day of her death seven times and chooses to sacrifice herself to save Juliet.
Bob Ewell attacks Jem and Scout, but Boo Radley saves them and Ewell is killed.
Kafka Tamura, who ran away from home at fifteen, visits a mysterious world in the forest, meets the spirit of Miss Saeki and is told to return to the real world.
Arthur Dent learns that Earth was a giant computer built to find the Ultimate Question whose answer is 42, and that it was destroyed five minutes before finishing.
Alex Cross discovers that Casanova, the serial kidnapper keeping women in an underground lair in North Carolina, is Detective Nick Ruskin, a police officer working on the case.
Defense lawyer Mickey Haller proves his rich client Louis Roulet is a killer by arranging for evidence to surface after Roulet is cleared of assault.
Detective Patrick Kenzie discovers that four-year-old Amanda McCready was “kidnapped” by police captain Jack Doyle, who took her to give her a better life than with her neglectful mother.
