The Falcon in Danger

A passenger plane coming from Washington D.C. crash-lands at a New York airport with no passengers aboard. The aircraft had been hijacked at its previous stop, leaving only the pilot and two leading industrialists behind, and $100,000 worth of securities are missing. The event kicks off a fresh mystery for The Falcon.

Tom Lawrence, The Falcon, promises his fiancée he will give up solving crime. The lure of a fresh case pulls him back into action as Nancy Palmer seeks help after a ransom note arrives. The tension between personal life and professional duty frames his next move.

Nancy Palmer, daughter of one of the missing men, receives a ransom note and asks The Falcon for assistance. She explains that her father is missing and that the fate of the other passengers hangs in the balance. Tom begins to take the case more seriously.

Iris, Nancy's jealous cousin, becomes one of Tom's prime suspects. Her possible motive centers on Nancy's fiancé and the missing $100,000. The tension between Iris and the rest of the group adds a layer of distrust to the investigation.

Police Inspector Timothy Donovan and his assistant Bates are called to investigate the hijacking, the missing securities, and the passengers. They start assembling timelines and interviewing the survivors. The case shifts from a missing flight to a tangled criminal conspiracy.

After the initial crisis, all passengers except Nancy's father Palmer and his assistant Wally Fairchild are found at a rest stop. The separation gives the investigation new angles and raises questions about who can be trusted. Tension rises as the group tries to figure out the next move.

Nancy is instructed to leave $25,000 at a drinking fountain at the rest stop. The step tests who in the circle may be involved and who is merely a pawn. Tom keeps a close watch on the rest stop while trying to guard Nancy's safety.

Tom accompanies Iris and Nancy to the Palmer home, and he later sees Nancy leave a box by the drinking fountain. Two men collect the box, linking the ransom to the next stage of the mystery. Tom chases their car on horseback toward a deeper clue.

Two men collect the box and Tom follows their car on horseback to an antique store owned by George Morley. This move draws him further into a web of fraud and deceit connected to the original hijacking. Morley’s store becomes a pivotal location in the investigation.

Donovan announces that Palmer has returned home alive, but he and Fairchild stayed on the aircraft and were robbed by strangers who ordered Palmer to parachute. The revelation broadens the circle of suspects and suggests a staged recovery. The incident reshapes the trust within the group.

State troopers report that the missing pilot and Fairchild have been found dead in a field. The discovery escalates the mystery and forces a reevaluation of who is behind the crime. Tom and Donovan begin piecing together the true sequence of the flight.

Tom pieces together the second leg of the flight and corners Palmer, exposing him as the mastermind. Donovan arrives at the moment Tom shoots and kills Palmer in self-defense. The immediate threat is neutralized, though the emotional cost lingers for everyone involved.

At the airport, Bonnie Caldwell tells Tom she is returning to Texas by herself. Dejected, Tom declares he will forsake all women, until a pretty co-ed approaches, asking for his help with a new mystery. The Falcon’s next challenge hints that his adventures are far from over.