The wife of an astrologer and widely-syndicated newspaper columnist is kidnapped in broad daylight.

A football player from Ohio who needs an operation goes to find the New York mobster who owes him money.

An industrial engineer is thought to have been died in an air crash, and his secretary is driven into a mental hospital.

A nabob is menaced by a professional killer with an unknown employer.

Stolen penicillin is diluted and sent south of the border by the director of a famous cemetery.

A musician is framed for the killing of his teacher, a violinist whose long-lost brother was in the mob.

A Broadway producer is implicated in the murder of a detective investigating his business practices.