Noel Hood

While awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life - only for it to behave not as he intended.

While in prison, Dodger plots the perfect heist: break out, steal diamonds, get back before noticed. With days left on sentence and a solid alibi, he's confident nothing can go wrong.

An Englishman wakes in a hotel bedroom suffering from amnesia and sets out to find his identity. He tracks down his wife but soon learns that the job she saw him leave for every morning did not exist.

Charters and Caldicott, touring in the Near East, are mistaken for German agents and handed in error a gramophone record which contains vital information for Britain's enemies.