This second volume of Detective Sergeant Cass Harty mysteries includes two full-length novels and the additional Joel Y. Dane short story, "Dead Storage."

Grasp at Straws (1938): Detective Sergeant Cass Harty (currently 'exiled' to Queens) is sent undercover to attend a party, but without any explanation as to why he's there. When a woman is murdered, Harty finds himself scrambling to catch a killer while trying to keep his job.

The Christmas Tree Murders (1938): When Detective Sergeant Cass Harty is invited to a holiday dinner by distant (and wealthy) relatives, he knows it isn't just to re-connect. The festivities sour when a picketer is attacked, and Harty finds himself thrust into a murder investigation where family might just want him dead . . .