Word had come from Australia that the Ringer was dead. The body of the legendary killer had been pulled from Sydney Harborโor so it was thought.
In reality, it is the Ringerโs sister whose fate is a watery grave. Left in the care of Maurice Meister, a London lawyer for whom she worked as a secretary, she has turned up dead in the Thamesโand now the Ringer is on a mission of vengeance.
The vigilante walks the streets of the city again, and if the past is any indication, Inspector Wembury of Scotland Yard wonโt have an easy time tracking him down. To complicate matters further, Meister is currently employed by the socially prominent family of the woman Wembury lovesย .ย .ย .
The basis for no less than five European films, this suspenseful British novel comes from one the early twentieth centuryโs most popular writers of crime fiction.