This entry in the series sees them tackle an old kidnapping case. Helen Marsh was just ten when she was taken from boarding school and two of her fingers were sent to her wealthy father, who didn't want to pay their ransom demands. Now, eight years later, she's recognized the voice of one of her kidnappers, coming from an older man at the Ritz, and wants revenge. Sawyer and Donhoff identify the man as Benjamin Hulvane, or so they think. The more they learn the more unsavory a character he appears and everyone who knows his history starts turning up dead. For all the distinctiveness of his heroes, Mr. Albert knows the chops of the genre and serves up a classic private eye take with a tasty European flavor.