In another Yard case for Commander Anthony Slade, there is blackmail at London's latest night-spot. Ruth Graham, a journalist, and Stephen Blaine, a blackmail victim, pit their wits against unusual odds when sudden violence erupts. Then Slade has to direct the "Met" in a grueling bout of police work, which involves a drugs gang and titled master-mind who has developed blackmail into a lucrative practice. The climax to the case is both startling and brutal.

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