Love & other crimes -- Miss Bianca -- Is it justice? -- Flash point -- Acid test -- Safety first -- Trial by fire -- Murder at the century of progress -- The curious affair of the Italian art dealer -- Wildcat -- Death on the edge -- Photo finish -- Publicity stunts -- Heartbreak house.

In "Miss Bianca," a young girl becomes involved in espionage when she befriends a mouse in a laboratory that is conducting dark experiments. Ten-year-old V.I. Warshawski appears in "Wildcat," embarking on her very first investigation to save her father. A hardboiled New York detective and elderly British aristocrat team up to reveal a murderer in Chicago during the World's Fair in "Murder at the Century of Progress." In the new title story, "Love & Other Crimes," V.I. treads the line between justice and vengeance when the wrongful firing of a family friend makes him a murder suspect.