Belvidere is an island, visible in the bay, and from Sam’s office. Met by an intriguing oriental girl, Sam meets her benefactor, and his new client, Mr. Battle. The artist…

Running into an old psychiatrist friend, Sam takes a cold case crime to prove whether the doctor’s patient is as guilty as she feels she is. Sam is to extract…

Sam has a substitute secretary, Effie’s little sister, Buffy. Clued into a weird family, in a house in the swamps, Sam is intrigued enough to see it for himself. In…

Or, How to Be Happily Married, Though Single. A letter from a stranger named, Ella comes to Sam. Is it legitimate, a prank, or from a damsel in distress? Sam…

Reading a western novel, Bumpus Hell, to himself as a relaxing sleep aid, Sam doesn’t think it’s working. Especially when a neighbor comes pounding on his door. On the third…

Taking down his report on his latest case, Effie gets in a joke on Sam. A vending machine baron comes to Sam with a problem. Vandals are breaking his gum-ball…

Effie Perine is terribly upset over her misbehaving typewriter. Her S, Q, and P keys aren’t right. It’s a set up to lead into Sam’s most recent report. Pat is…

Get into the Halloween spirit with witches brews, costume parties, howling wolves, and more. Sam fits into a Halloween ball to pose as an uninvited guest. Instead of adding some…

Having a hard time sleeping, the noises in the night don’t help the matter for Sam. Traffic, sirens, cats, domestic violence, and a knock at the door, and a visit…

On a case where he has to rub elbows with high society, Sam gets the details about a man who married Elanor, a woman twice his age. Her death caused…