Collection of 6 short stories:
- British Intelligence asks Simon Templar to go to Germany to find a missing scientist.
- Templar is the referee for a wager between a retired matador a big game hunter.
- How can a man die from having his tie cleaned? The Saint is curious.
- The temperance leader has some pretty unpleasant things going on that the Saint wants to resolve.
- To get back at an actor who has been quite naughty, the Saint sets up a sting involving Hamlet.
- The death of a man and a dog are being blamed on the Loch Ness monster but the Saint finds something nasty is afoot.