The police investigate the murder of a wealthy old man
A sinister character boards the Rome Express on the trail of a valuable Van Dyck painting, recently stolen from a Paris gallery Much to his annoyance he finds the train populated with a motley assortment of passeng
Dr Thomas Bolton fights for the use of anesthetic in surgery and uses himself as a guinea pig, but soon finds himself addicted
A G man searches for a communist sleeper cell in Boston
In turn of the century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swindle him However, the two partners become rivals for the affection of the ranchers beautiful daughter
The McFarishes and the Macraes are lifelong enemies living on a remote island in the Western Isles of Scotland Mary Lawson is a Scottish orphan brought up in a convent who arrives on the weekly steamer to come and
Dr Noah Praetorius falls in love with Deborah, a student who discovers that she is pregnant by her old boyfriend
During the war, Nazi agents devise a plan to kidnap British Prime Minister Winston Churchill They will have an agent pose as Lord Buckley, who owns a large estate that Churchill frequently visits to get away from i