A broken fan belt, a dud TV, and the dent in a can of talcum powder are all clues when Philip is called upon to investigate theft and loneliness in an old people's home.
First-night nerves grip a prospective groom. The cure includes an unexpected train trip, an overdose of liquid courage, and a full bottle of Desmond's special formula.
Philip is called in to investigate a poltergeist. The resulting manifestations include a headless dog, a phantom toilet roll, and the miraculous cure of an old faker.
A gang of con men are victimizing the elderly in Edendale. Philip thinks he can tell the sheep from the goats, but that's before the intervention of the Divine Brotherhood of the Celestial Beacon.