A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of thousands.

Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.

Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.

When a woman's wedding is repeatedly delayed due to a series of comedic mishaps, she begins to suspect her fiance of infidelity. With the help of a reporter and a detective, she unravels a web of misunderstandings and mistaken identities.

Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.

Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and death-threats written in Chinese characters.

When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information - and she determines to go on getting it, by whatever means necessary.

In 'Smart Blonde,' Torch Blane, a female reporter, investigates a murder in Los Angeles. She uncovers a web of deception involving a nightclub singer, a con man, and a blackmail scheme. As she follows the clues, Torch must navigate a world filled with eccentric characters and dangerous situations. With her wit and determination, she is determined to solve the case and uncover the truth.

Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.