An international financier, Gregori, has come to the notice of M9 as he is believed to be an extortionist and murderer. When some important people are found dead, Drake goes undercover as a butler at the financier's rented villa in Rome. Drake gets on well with Gregori's young wife, who is naive and oblivious to her husband's criminality. However, he finds Gregori an overbearing snob and a bully, willing to beat his wife. When another financier knocks back his proposal, Gregori blackmails him by kidnapping his daughter.
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