Collection of four british crime thrillers from the 1950s and 60s in sapphire 1959 the eponymous character yvonne buckingham a fair skinned west indian immigrant is discovered murdered to the police led by superintendent hazard nigel patrick and inspector learoyd michael craig the case seems clear cut sapphire must have been killed by a member of the black community however when sapphires brother earl cameron turns up at the police station and her true ethnic roots become