Mrs. Barrington (the character) can't seem to keep her rich husbands alive. They always die off, with her help, leaving her with loads of money. After all, a girl's got to make a living.

The daughter of a poverty-stricken New England clamdigger falls in love with the son of her father's rival. His family, in turn, wants him to marry the daughter of a wealthy and prominent family. Complications ensue.

Sexual indiscretions are used as a basis for blackmail.

The Taking of Christina is based on a true story. A short time before her wedding day, a young woman is kidnapped and taken by her captors. As the days pass, she convinces them that she really cares for them.

Private detective Jack Masters takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.

A 29-year-old Italian who lives in Brooklyn has a brief romance with an actress.

Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman.

While hosting a masked orgy, socialite Scarlet is murdered by an unknown killer. Hired to investigate the case is put upon private dick Dexter Sleuth, who immediately takes to interviewing the soiree’s various guests.