A professionally curious narrator pursues the life of a shadowy criminal figure across interwar European settings, following clues from travel and chance encounters to reconstruct motive and method.

A solitary, resourceful man becomes both would-be assassin and hunted prey after attempting to kill a powerful foreign figure.

An unnamed young woman marries a wealthy widower and moves to his grand West Country estate, where she finds the household dominated by the presence and legend of his late first wife.

An ostensibly ordinary man becomes entangled in international intrigue and must flee to survive after learning of a conspiracy. The setup focuses on pursuit, mistaken identity (or forced suspicion), and a race to uncover key information before hostile agents can stop him.

A collection of personal documents—letters, diary entries, and newspaper reports—traces a mounting confrontation with a predatory nobleman who relocates from Eastern Europe to England.