Loretta
Rusty Sabich é um promotor que descobre que Carolyn Polhemus, sua colega, foi brutalmente assassinada. Obrigado a lidar com as investigações, Rusty tenta apagar os indícios de seu caso com Carolyn. Ele é preso, mas, decidido a provar sua inocência, contrata Steine; ele conta apenas com a ajuda do detetive Lipranzer e com Barbara, sua esposa, que sempre soube de seu caso com Carolyn, mas decidiu ficar ao seu lado
Alice Curtis
A young boy who still wets the bed finds escapism from his abusive mother and his own embarrassment by going running after school.
Woman at Ball
In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and incidentally discovers that she is involved in a plot against the British, meant to arm the Jewish underground in Palestine. The plot finally fails, Justine is sent to jail and Darley decides to return to England.