
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.