This classic short story collection Includes:
- For Information Received: A powerful schemer tries to buy a field report from a ragged stranger, only to find the Ural "platinum" claim hides a costly truth.
- Snares of Paris: An undercover officer in evening dress stalks a honey-trap on the Rue de la Paix and shuts down a plan to deliver a young woman to a predatory millionaire.
- A Business Training: A convent-trained daughter becomes her father's secretary and coolly blocks her siblings' risky financing and a bad property deal.
- Miss Prentiss Tells a Lie: A war hero's uneasy reunion turns into a court fight when his fiancée's drinking leads to a false statement that puts him at risk.
- A Priestess of Osiris: A London widow falls under an "Osiris" cult, follows a smooth-talking "priest" to Jerusalem, and is drawn into a money scheme.
- The Timid Admirer: In a Sussex village, a shy boarder panics as the prank-loving burglar "Nicodemus" haunts the district, while a CID man sets a quiet trap.
- The Jewel: Two crooks seize a red morocco attaché only to discover a talking portable wireless inside-bringing the police to Victoria Station.
- Findings Are Keepings: A wealthy visitor pockets a cable meant for a lodger, crossing a cash-strapped typist and setting off a chain of trouble.
- The Ear of the Sanctuary: Before the war, a hidden British agent-"the Ear of El Kuds"-runs a spy web in Jerusalem, unmasking fake miracles and tracking plots.
