The three novellas in this book are linked by a common theme, criminality. In two of them, there is a murder investigation; and in another, there is wrongdoing both in the private world and on the international scene. "Jane" is the story of a young woman who hires a private detective to prove the innocence of her father, who has been convicted of a murder he did not commit. "Sargent," in a documentary style, follows the fortunes and misfortunes of...