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A bold trick transforms security measures into crime's perfect cover.

At Joe Lewinstein’s lavish house party, fear of the elusive thief Four Square Jane prompts him to hire a female detective. When the detective falls mysteriously ill with suspected fever, a stranded doctor conveniently arrives and whisks her away in an ambulance. That night, jewels vanish from locked bedrooms, signed with Jane's signature label. The illness and emergency extraction turn out to be an elaborate ruse staged by the thief herself.

Part 1

High-society thievery subverts wealth to fund desperate public charities.

Millionaire Tresser boasts that his prized Romney portrait is impossible to steal from his guarded gallery. A theatrical distraction involving a garrulous art critic and a young girl leaves the frame empty, though detective Peter Dawes discovers the canvas hidden rolled inside the window blind. Jane demands a five-thousand-pound donation to a children’s hospital for its return. Meanwhile, reluctant bride Joyce Wilberforce resists an arranged marriage designed to strip her of her inheritance.

Part 2

Stolen mail and switched keys expose corporate fraud and murder.

Detective Peter Dawes discovers key number mix-ups connecting Lord Claythorpe to the murder scene of his associate Remington. Claythorpe attempts to mail a five-hundred-thousand-dollar stolen bond to Australia, but Jane hijacks the West End mail van to intercept the envelope and restore the fortune to Joyce. Dawes realizes the killer used heavy perfume at the crime scene to falsely implicate Jane, while Joyce reveals her secret marriage to clear her missing lover.

Part 3

A master thief vanishes after reclaiming her stolen birthright.

Cornered by incriminating evidence, Lord Claythorpe takes his own life using a cyanide button. Detective Dawes tracks Joyce and Jamieson Steele to their hotel, where Steele incapacitates Dawes with a drugged cigarette. The couple escapes across rooftops and vanishes to South America, having reclaimed Joyce's stolen inheritance. A final letter from South America confirms Joyce as Four Square Jane, leaving the baffled detective with a lingering invitation to visit.

Part 4

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Four Square Jane

Readers discover how a high-society thief outwits ruthless aristocrats and cunning detectives to reclaim her stolen inheritance.

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