The Peculiar Disappearance of Professor Brownrigg
Clarence Brownrigg is a brilliant astrophysicist whose study of the cosmos brings him into contact with government officials who need him to solve problems and mysteries involving contacts with possible aliens from another planet. He is also called upon to use his brilliant mind to decode enemy transmissions during the Second World War. Later, he is faced with a crippling disease that makes his disappearance so peculiar.