Roper, a Borstal boy, is found stabbed near his home. When Clay and Dexter arrive in the West Country to investigate they find several suspects with strong motives for the killing including the boy's parents.
A lorry driver is knocked down and killed while trying to stop the theft of his load. From the evidence received and the knowledge gained from an informant, Clay decides it is one of a series of hi-jacking so organised by the same gang.
Dexter investigates a burglary at an elderly couple's home. Soon afterwards, a valuable piece of Chinese porcelain is reported missing - and a burglar is found dead at the mansion of a music industry mogul.
When a teenage girl is found murdered on Hampstead Heath, businessman Herbert Morris is identified as the man seen talking to her shortly before her death. After an interrogation Clay and Dexter clash over Morris's apparent guilt.
Joe Warner is released from prison after serving fifteen years for armed robbery. His wife Polly has deserted him - and now he is determined to take brutal revenge.
Two seamen steal some bars of gold from a makeshift strongroom as a cargo ship nears the Thames estuary. When the ship docks, Clay and Dexter investigates the crime and find a steward has also vanished.
Dexter and Clay investigate the suspicious death of teacher Graham Pitman in the science laboratory. But then two teenagers come forward to confess to killing him.
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By what name was New Scotland Yard (1972) officially released in Canada in English?