1.   And just as New York police are trying to unravel the disappearance of Mrs. Silverman, investigators are piecing together the remarkably complex tale of the Las Vegas home.

2.   Behind his imprisonment lies a complex tale of international intrigue that yokes U.S.-Sino relations to the proper disposal of trash.

3.   A small cinder-block building in a suburban office park outside Philadelphia is an unlikely setting for a complex tale of international intrigue.

4.   Against that backdrop, the recent sales numbers tell a complex tale of shifts in investor habits.

5.   But the burning of the church, St. John Baptist, reveals a more complex tale of racial intimidation reaching far back into the past.

6.   The controversy is part of a complex tale involving prominent financiers, vulture investing and the bankruptcy of Bucyrus-Erie Co., a mining equipment company.

7.   The Lemony Snicket phenomenon is a complex tale of talent, editorial ardor and grass-roots support.

8.   The novel is a complex tale of murder and a scheme to sell military surplus from Fort Gillem on the black market.

9.   The psychologically complex tale explores the murky realm between reality and dreams.

10.   This very complex tale has so many subplots that it is hard to believe that Walsh actually makes them all come together and make sense, but he does.