Collection of 3 novellas:
- Simon Templar, joined by Patricia Holm, goes after a man called the High Fence who tends to kill people who might rat him out.
- Both Teal and Templar are involved in the disappearance of a man a year before, a case which involves an English Lord.
- The owner of an inn and his niece have been frightened out of their wits by strange happenings in and around their establishment, causing them to ask Templar for help.