MI-5 Agent John Drake is in Rome investigating the murder of a banker who's embezzled a large amount of gold from his employers.The trail leads through a seemingly uninterested wife and a lady friend of the banker who may not want to be found.
Drake flies to Paris to find an international killer.His tries to retrieve not kill him, but that becomes more complicated with the involvement of a young woman.
Josetta is a young blind woman who is the only one who can identify her brother's killer.Drake tries to help her
Drake travels to the Arabian Desert to investigate stories of slavery.While there he befriends a Muslim boy and helps a stranded showgirl who believes Drake is a slave broker
