Book description
Barney Amling, president of Pacific Guaranty, disappears. So do a
million of the company's dollars. Ostensibly, he has gone to Mexico
City for a monetary conference, but he didn't arrive and wasn't
expected. His wife calls in the lawyer Simon Drake (Helen Nielsen's
usual and always brilliant detective). Neither she nor Simon, who
knows Barney well, can believe that he's a thief; nor can Captain
Reardon, chief of police, who is another old friend. But things don't
look good.
Simon probes into Barney's dubious relationship with Pucci, property
speculator and near-gangster, and with Verna, ex-brothel madame and
nightclub owner. The trail leads to Buenos Aires, where Barney is
seemingly killed in a spectacular car crash. But is he dead? The plot
grows increasingly complex, the action quickens, the tension mounts …
Helen Nielsen writes as compellingly as ever; her ingenuity is
matched by her readability. Her many fans have another treat in store
this time.
