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Wed, Oct 4, 1967
Rufus Blake,junior and most ineffectual member of a gangland brotherhood,is prepared to give evidence against his brothers at their trial,hoping he will be able to get his hands on their hidden loot. He has refused police protection and so McGill is assigned as his bodyguard. However Rudyard,the defendants' crooked lawyer,has engaged heavies to make sure that Rufus does not get to court. McGill has to keep him alive for twenty four hours.
Wed, Nov 8, 1967
McGill is hired by the wealthy father of headstrong young Sue Mandel. She has recently become friends with two young men,Colin and Charles,who are helping themselves to his money and who,he believes,are planning to swindle him. By setting himself up as a mark,McGill takes the two on a poker game,where they try to cheat him but he cleans them out. The far-from-happy con men are now after his blood and he needs to persuade Sue of their intentions to survive.
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Wed, Nov 22, 1967
McGill is hired by a female art dealer to locate Foley, a former World War Two soldier, who claims to know the whereabouts of a rare Botticelli painting he found in Italy. However the picture has been painted over to appear worthless and Foley's landlady has sold it to a junk shop. McGill is, however, not the only man hunting for the picture as Foley's wartime colleague Kershaw has also joined the chase.
Wed, Dec 6, 1967
Agent John Gilsen has uncovered a global drugs racket and,in fear of his life,returns to his native village in the English countryside to where he is pursued by assassin Guardino. Peters,the urbane head of the drugs ring,also engages McGill to find the fugitive but under false pretences. When a C.I.A. agent,also on the trail,is killed McGill sees that he has been duped and sets out to locate Gilsen before Guardino and put an end to Peters' network.
Wed, Dec 13, 1967
McGill is in Rome when the Rossini jewels are stolen by master thief Guilio. McGill's informant Mori is aware of this and goes to get the jewels,which he does,but is killed by Guilio. Aware that McGill is now in possession of the jewels Guilio abducts a friend of his, Francesca,and threatens to kill her if McGil does not exchange her for the jewellery.
Wed, Dec 27, 1967
Gomez,an activist during the Spanish Civil War,is released from prison and returns to the countryside where,years earlier,in a ruin,he hid a stash of gold bars stolen from the Franco government. He engages McGill to locate Palma, now working for the Spanish police but also his erstwhile best friend who was responsible for his being sent to prison. McGill finds himself caught up in a long-standing feud.