Jane and Frank Pullar have recently moved to a house in Sussex so that the children can grow up away from the dirt and rush of London. Soon Jane starts hearing sounds at night from the attic. But there is no one there and only she can hear them.

There are many legends from different parts of the world which tell of a man who meets his own double. The accounts vary widely, but all agree on one thing... the outcome can only be evil...

His name was Smith. It sounded so ordinary yet his crimes horrified and appalled the England of his day. When Jane Hornby, a journalist, looks into the story, she finds the past lives on in the present.

Powys Jubb, a world-famous writer, wakes up every morning at 4.20 when his bedroom clock stops ticking. He feels that at 4.20 one morning he will die.

Victorian brass bedsteads are all the rage these days. Lorna and Geoffrey are delighted when they find one at a bargain price...

When Captain Rolph reports a plane on a collision course to Ground Control they can find no trace of the mystery intruder. Did he imagine it, or was there an aircraft?

"It wasn't much more than a ruin really... but we liked the area... and, anyway, Rachel fell in love with it." But the weekend cottage is not quite the bargain it seemed, as Dan and Margaret find when they accept an invitation to go there for Christmas.