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A man takes up an offer to stay with a charming but ferocious baron - who promises some unusual hunting near his cold Carpathian home.

Creeping paranoia becomes something altogether more sinister, but is it madness or has he discovered a plot that threatens humanity.

A drifter describes making, spending and losing a few bucks.

A prize fighter struggles to survive in his twilight years. A lyrical Rocky 10.

A couple are in agreement on the ethics of marriage but personal feelings, inevitably, intrude.

Just before his death, Adrian Borlsover develops the power of automatic writing, which creates some unexpected issues for one of his heirs.

When the favorite for the Wessex Cup disappears and his trainer murdered, Holmes travels to Dartmoor to investigate.

Holmes goes in search of a missing man, last seen, by his wife, looking agitated in the second floor window above a seedy opium den.

Holmes helps a banker from whom some expensive gems, taken as security on a loan to an important client, have been stolen.

The members of a women's Lunch Club - an organisation rife with political infighting - are keen to impress a distinguished guest.

A family with an unusual method of transporting large quantities of money cause problems for a young man holidaying in Italy.

Jimmy's life changes for ever when the soldiers come to the door.