Gordon Miller, a young pianist, is found near an abandoned freight car holding the dead body of a woman in his arms. He claims he has killed her.

A statue of the Child Jesus is stolen from a church. Friday and Smith must find it before the paritioners miss it on Christmas morning.

A man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby.

When Friday and Smith learn that a showdown between two teenage gangs is about to take place within 48 hours, they do their utmost to prevent it.

A masked bandit is holding up supermarkets and the police are not able to catch him.

Friday and Smith track a man who writes bad checks for expensive clothes and then sells the clothes for a profit.

Friday and Smith investigate a series of food market robberies, where the bandit has been posing as a salesman.