Hugh Drummond's wife, Phyllis, is kidnapped by one of the nastiest villains to have gone around, Irma Petersen. Petersen has done this to entrap Drummond and his cronies to avenge the death of her husband Carl.
Rather than kill Phyllis outright Irma makes a treasure hunt out of her setting clues for Drummond to locate his wife.
This story is totally over the top as a precursor to the Bond books should be, with "daring do" that makes Bond look like a wimp.
Published in 1928 this is great fun like all this series.
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