“Murder on Time” The body of a young boarder, Fanny Penny, is discovered in a London boarding house. But who killed her and why? Perhaps the criminal is one of the many fans who often visited Fanny? Or an unknown patron, whose connection she boasted to her friends? An experienced detective Field takes up the case and soon finds out that Fanny regularly received large sums of money from a mysterious stranger. Who is he? And what did he pay for?..

“The Long Shadow of Death” In the house of a successful lawyer Paul French, the elderly housekeeper Mrs. Hoggett is killed. Who did she bother? Suspicion falls on her owner, because she blackmailed him in connection with the death of his first wife. But the housekeeper also accused her ex-husband of bigamy and threatened him with prison. Probably the criminal is one of these two? The famous lawyer Arthur Crook joins the investigation and soon comes to the conclusion: many people wanted Mrs. Hoggett dead...