It is a strange morning when Scotland Yard's Special Branch begs help in solving crime. But a series of grisly murders across London have so unnerved the Government that they go hat in hand to beg the help of Europe's greatest detective, Gerard de Montclaire. The murders seem to have no connection at all, except that each victim is murdered in the same brutal way. They are clearly the work of a deranged mind, but Montclarie and his associate, Sir Francis FitzMaurice, are challenged to fathom the rationale of the homicidal lunatic and to anticipate him. The unraveling of that rationale leads to a frightening conclusion, that could have consequences for the future of Europe.
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