Four short stories by W. Somerset Maugham. 'The Facts Of Life', 'The Alien Corn', 'The Kite' and 'The Colonel's Lady'.
When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies, starts to get too close to the culprits, they set up a blackmail scheme to warn him off. But when the crooks begin to fall out with each other, the police learn the truth.