Jane Arden #1

Crime reporter Jane Arden grows suspicious when she encounters Emil Trend at an art gallery, copying a valuable Rembrandt—and the artist is oddly desperate to keep her away. As Arden digs deeper, she uncovers a scheme to swap the original painting for Trend's copy, but she'll need to stay sharp to catch the thieves before they pull off the heist.

Crime reporter Jane Arden gets wind of Dr. Marvel's miraculous reducing operation—a slick weight-loss scheme that promises results without diet, backed up by a woman visibly shrinking in the storefront window. When the impossible becomes the talk of the town and the police start sniffing around, Jane suspects the whole operation is a con, but proving it means unraveling how Dr. Marvel is really pulling off the trick.

Crime reporter Jane Arden goes undercover at Acme Mills to watch two suspects—Arthur Heath and Tom Brooks—in a $100,000 embezzlement case, but Heath discovers her true identity and sets a desperate plan in motion. When a man is struck down and placed on railroad tracks, Heath seemingly perishes in the collision, yet Jane suspects the twisted identities don't add up. She and the Inspector must unravel a carefully orchestrated deception before the real culprit slips away for good.