Anna Turner

1941년 중국과 일본은 4년째 선전포고 없는 전쟁을 치루고 있었으며, 농촌 지역의 상당 부분과 여러 마을 및 도시를 일본군이 점령하여 통치하고 있었다. 상하이(Shanghai)에는 수 천 명의 서양인들이 국제거주에 관한 외교 조약의 보호 아래 생활하고 있었는데, 그들은 19세기에 영국인 이주가 행해진 이래로, 은행과 호텔과 사무실과 교회와 가옥을 지어, 마치 영국의 리버풀(Liverpool)이나 서리(Surrey)를 그대로 옮겨놓은 듯한 소도시를 형성하고 있었다. 그러나 파국의 날은 오고 있었다. 상하이 외곽에 배치된 일본군이 그들의 공격 신호가 될 진주만 기습의 소식을 조용히 기다리고 있었던 것이다.

Stanley is infatuated with Margaret, the statuesque waitress who works with him. He meets George Spiggott AKA the devil and sells his soul for 7 wishes, which Stanley uses to try and make Margaret his own first as an intellectual, then as a rock star, then as a wealthy industrialist. As each fails, he becomes more aware of how empty his life had been and how much more he has to live for.

While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties, and the boys at the Met station have no more idea what is going on than the regulars at the Swan. Only a stand-offish visting scientist realizes space aliens are to blame.

Police hunt for mental hospital out patient Simon Lacey, who has been unwittingly handing out barbiturates to children as sweets.

The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.

When she has a fight, with her husband, Lucy runs out of the house, and into a night of terror. She heads for the local cinema, and in doing so, becomes the only eyewitness to a couple of crooks, who are robbing the cinema's safe. In her haste to escape the thieves, she is knocked down by a passing bus, and is taken to the local hospital. The two crooks follow, and wait for a chance to finish her off, and thus eliminate the only person who can tie them to the robbery.

A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.

U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London. He was last seen with their nanny, and the couple seemingly have no leads that might help police Detective Craig in his investigation. The media sensationalizes the incident, causing an unnecessary distraction as the couple prepares to confront the culprit face-to-face.

Peter Reynolds stars as Rex Banner, a newspaperman who makes it his life's mission to track down a vicious gang of thieves. When his informant winds up dead, Rex finds himself framed for murder.

A 5-year-old child is diagnosed with leukaemia and has only days to live. Her only hope is a blood transfusion, but her blood type is extremely rare, so the race is on to find the donors.