Blue tweed cover with blue silhouette to right of center on the front cover and blue multiple picture endpapers. Plain paper frontispiece illustration and six plain paper illustrations throughout text.
Mystery in New York -- The dragon clue -- Campus sleuthing -- A disappointing wait -- A convincing disguise -- The chase -- Strange thefts -- Angry neighbors -- Bess is missing -- Bookshop detectives -- A suspect escapes -- Flight plan -- An ominous dream -- A hidden microphone -- The mah-jongg dealer -- A Chinese puzzle -- Pursuit of the sea furies -- A new assignment -- Symbolic fireworks -- The escape