A damsell in distress - an Almost Blandings novel set in Belphi Castle, Hampshire and a two week house party for the son-and-heir's 21st.

The Hon. Freddie Threepwood is poised to make his debut as a jewel thief, but he is not alone. Blandings Castle is full of criminals and impostors, intent on stealing Aunt Constance's diamond necklace and it is up to Psmith to catch the thief.

Bertie Wooster has taken up the banjolele but the manager of the building in central London has issued an ultimatum to either give up the music or clear out. Even the faithful Jeeves threatens to leave so Bertie seeks refuge in the country.

A complicated chain of events is set into motion after Mrs. Chavender takes a bite of breakfast ham, declares it inedible, and sets out to complain to Duff and Trotter, one of London's most exclusive merchants.

It is a time of stress at Market Snodsbury as Bertie must protect himself from the affections of Madeline Bassett. Bertie always tries to look on the bright side - only this time there doesn't seem to be one. If only Jeeves could come to the rescue.

Pongo Twistleton is in a state of financial embarrassment, again. Uncle Fred, meanwhile, has been asked to foil a plot to steal a pig. Along with Polly Pott, they form a deputation to Blandings Castle, bent of doing a bit of good.

Captain Biggar, big-game hunter and all round tough guy, should make short work of the two bookies who have absconded with his winnings after a freak double made him a fortune. But on this occasion Honest Patch Perkins and his clerk are not as they seem. They are in fact Bill Belfry and his temporary butler Jeeves.

These are strange times for the English aristocracy. When hard-up William FitzWilliam Delamere Chalmers, otherwise known as Bill, sets off for America to make a fortune, he does not expect to be left one by an American millionaire with whom he strikes up a passing acquaintance.

When Jimmy falls for a girl in London and vows to reform himself as a result, the quest for love leads him to his Aunt Nesta's house in New York, where his escapades involve impersonating himself and attempting to kidnap Nesta's odious son Ogden - with the boy demanding a cut of the ransom money.

Not too long after deciding to stash away the family fortune in diamonds, the 6th Viscount Uffenham forgets where he hid them. Forced to let out Shipley Hall he desperately needs to recover the loot as the family seat is now overrun by Clarissa Cork.