Louis Matto

British agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do his killings.

A murderer hopes to escape his death sentence by identifying the leaders of a spy ring.

Dr. Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some just want him brought down a peg or two.

A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.

A meek teller thinks he's killed his boss. He flees with a box of cash hoping for a new life with his younger mistress.

A Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer". The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong in the stems of daffodils.

One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The next owner is Paolo Maltese, a mafioso who purchases the car during a trip to Italy and leaves it with his girlfriend while he returns to Chicago. Finally, the car is owned by American widow Gerda, who joins the Yugoslavian resistance against the invading Nazis.

A young man's gambling losses cause him to become embroiled in a currency heist.

The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.