Varela finds himself involved with the mysterious disappearance of top-secret flight plans from a Space Development Centre. At a millionaire's request, he embarks on an intriguing escapade to recover the plans.

Varela moves in fashion circles and discovers that anything can be sold as the latest vogue – provided you sell your product with panache and style. Yes, anything — including horse blankets.

When a young girl goes missing from an exclusive finishing school, everyone suspects she's been kidnapped. However, Varela thinks otherwise and, at the headmistress's request, he sends Bill Randall to investigate.

Randall is taken in by a lovely heiress who convinces him to insure an antique collection being smuggled out of her country, which recently went socialist. When the lot is sunk at sea, Randall's on the hook.

Why won't the Palabria people receive an £11 million gift to their country? Randall is sent to investigate – and finds himself playing the role of an African witch-doctor to encourage them to do so.