A woman, desperate to save her marriage, gives her husband's mistress a reason to break off the affair and disappear. A detective with an unsolvable case discovers a leak in his own home. A cop learns a lesson about the evil that stalks the night. A chemist invents a synthetic blood, and becomes its first victim. A man's wife is savagely raped, and she knows who did it. Her husband decides to save the court the expense of a trial. A man finds murder for sale at every meeting he attends. Lovers plot to kill the woman's husband, but find themselves trapped in a scheme they didn't anticipate. An unscrupulous lawyer fights a losing battle with her conscience. These and dozens of other stories to keep you up at night and make you wonder about the people in your orbit that may not be who you think they are.