Edward Tierney

After her father is murdered, a girl joins the police force in an effort to track down the killers.

Vincent Lubeck is a vicious ex-convict. His criminal activities are despised by his family, but he uses and abuses them in the course of his crimes. Eventually his own brother must stand up to him.

The sequel to 1956's "Liane, Jungle Goddess" finds the title character still a jungle goddess, but captured by slave traders.

Bettina Sanden, a solo dancer at the opera, falls ill with polio. The chances of a cure look rather slim.