The murder plan seems so neat, so clever. How can it possibly fail? And when
Sonia's stupid, boring little husband is dead, she will be free to marry her
handsome lover. But perhaps the boring little husband is not so stupid after
all... Murder plans that go wrong, a burglar who makes a bad mistake, a famous
jewel thief who meets a very unusual detective ... These five stories from the
golden age of crime writing are full of mystery and surprises.