Tales of the Unexpected

Frank Jesmond and Peter Madison are former schoolmates with very different lives.

Coln Mearns has a gift for memory, but is struggling financially.

Claire runs a Caribbean hotel with her boyfriend, but they have fallen on tough times.

Paul is suspicious when he receives a bill for thousands of pounds worth of pornography.

Identical twins are suspected of murder, but both have an alibi.

Frank Jesmond is on hard times and in danger of losing his family when a man named Laughlin gives him a job as a hitman, the mark being Peter Madison, a school contemporary of Frank who has done very well for himself in the States and is back on a visit. Frank arrives at Peter's hotel and introduces himself, and, for old times sake, the two men go to Peter's room for a drink.

Gerry returns after 40 years to Norfolk and meets a woman who is not all she seems.

A man recalls a murder from fifty years ago, but has never revealed what really happened.

A businessman meets up with Molly. Despite being warned not to, he takes her to his room.

Susan is a beautiful American woman who takes a shine to struggling writer Tony.

Three ladies hear about the death of an acquaintance and invite her niece out to lunch.

Roger is deeply in love with his wife who doesn't feel the same way.

Caroline is admired by a man who has come up with a formula for an anti-ageing process.

A man plans the perfect murder of an enemy of his, but there is one thing he's overlooked.