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Nineteen tales of murder and mystery in the first three books to feature H.C. Bailey's golden age detective Mr. Reginald 'Reggie' Fortune: surgeon and general practitioner, a man interested in everything, but not in anything in particular, and with a vast store of eclectic knowledge that makes him the ideal man to advise the Criminal Investigation Department of Scotland Yard, and shine a light upon the darkest of deeds.

Investigator Sloan McPherson finds a frightened vagrant suffering from amnesia living in a Florida swamp—then learns he disappeared from Oregon when he was a teenager. To find out how he ended up three thousand miles from home thirty years later, Sloan enlists the help of two brilliant colleagues. FBI agent Jessica Blackwood and scientist Theo Cray have already made an alarming connection. A female classmate of the Everglades drifter disappeared at the same time, and their high school journals reveal ties to an enigmatic figure they both called Mr. Whisper.

Mr. and Mrs. Platt are married at a big ceremony in Chicago. They spend their wedding night in the honeymoon suite of a downtown five-star hotel. Robert Platt picks up his wife on the balcony to carry her over the threshold and back into their luxurious room. Without warning, he tosses her over the railing and sends her plunging twenty-three stories to her death. Homicide detective, Cliff Ford, is called to the scene. It's inconceivable to him that a man would kill his bride on their honeymoon night. His skills are challenged as he must unlock the mystery behind a devious mind.

In London werden Emily Parker und David Ramirez mit dem Verschwinden von Louise Wood betraut. Ihr Fokus richtet sich auf den wohlhabenden Geschäftsmann Ruben Blaustein. Während sie ihn überwachen, entdecken die Ermittler, dass er regelmäßig Frauen in sein Herrenhaus einlädt, von denen keine je wieder herauskommt. Es wird offensichtlich, dass er ein dunkles Geheimnis verbirgt. Entschlossen, die Wahrheit herauszufinden, beschließt Emily, sich Undercover in Ruben Blausteins Haus zu schleusen.