Basil Mason
Secret Lives
A German-born woman works as a spy for the French in Switzerland during the First World War, and has to marry an interned French lieutenant in order to be able to stay in the country.
Brief Ecstasy
Before he leaves for a posting in India, young Jim Wyndham has a fling with pretty Helen Norwood. After he leaves, Helen marries Prof. Paul Bernardy, a much older man. Four years later Jim returns from India, ready to take up where he left off with Helen, only to find out that she's now married. Complications ensue.
The House of the Spaniard
A mild-mannered young British man finds himself caught up in a web of smuggling, counterfeiting and political chicanery, and falls for a beautiful Spanish senorita whose father is one of the heads of the criminal gangs threatening him.
Calling the Tune
A gramophone manufacturer's daughter loves the son of the man he once cheated.
The Silent Passenger
A blackmailer with many enemies is murdered and his body placed in a trunk. A gentleman sleuth sets out to prove the innocence of a falsely accused man.