Inspector Hanaud is asked to investigate a murder in which a young woman is accused of killing her wealthy employer in a Riviera mansion and then running away. She is innocent, but the villain is able to make her seem guilty. Hanaud uncovers the truth, that the murder was the result of a jewel robbery gone wrong.

A girl detective and a reporter recover stolen gems hidden in a Chinese idol.

Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer:

An old knight weds his dead friend's daughter but she gives herself to an Italian Don to bear an heir.

An armament king's wife kills herself to save her MP lover from a divorce scandal.

A man takes the blame for a girl's crooked brother and weds her when her hand is amputated.

An aristocrat allows his daughter to marry a tailor after he wins the VC saving his son's life.

Lord Nelson's life, loves and death.

An aged ambassador's wife loves an admiral but is rejected by society after his death.

A decadent tale of drugs and the London underworld the cosseted daughter of a respectable businessman - in fact head of a cocaine racket - succumbs to the pleasures of drink and drugs. Vivid nightlife scenes recreate the interwar world of flappers and hedonists; the dapper club owner and seedy street dealers.