When BarneyStreet, the fixer, was in Holland in World War II, his life had been saved by aGerman soldier.
Now Barney isdead and his two million dollar estate is left entirely to the soldier whosaved him, Milo Hacha. But that fortune comes with a death sentence, for Barney'swidow, Estelle, won't rest until she gets back everything that is rightfullyhers.
She sends SteveLongacre, once one of Barney's boys, to Europe to find Hacha, trailing him fromHolland to Switzerland, to Vienna, and finally to Prague. Longacre has Hacha on the run, fleeing love, money, and a velvet-lined coffin