William 'Stage' Boyd

An evil scientist plots to take over the world from his base in Africa, where he has invented a machine that can cause earthquakes.

When a crooked stockbroker is killed at his country estate, amateur sleuth Philo Vance must wade through a motley band of suspects to find whodunnit.

A snapshot taken during an illegal drinking cruise is the blackmail a wealthy sex pest uses to silence a woman whose sister-in-law he plans to marry.

An Irish gunrunner flees U.S. authorities to South America where he’s hired to organize a band of revolutionaries secretly planning to eliminate him.

A young man becomes a lawyer after leaving reform school. He eventually rises to assistant DA, but his arrogance almost costs him his career.