The action-packed works of three famous American authors included in the collection are united by a detective basis and intense action. The plot of C. O. Seltzer is based on the secret of an Indian tribe, which became the cause of many troubles, and sometimes the death of those who carelessly touched them. The hero of the story by V. Spann, in the process of searching for a missing woman, reveals several mysterious murders that occurred at different times and. even in different cities. The theme of S. Dean's work is fraud in a large department store, while investigating which, the store detective faces a gang of murderers and robbers one on one.