Publisher's Synopsis
Theodore Racksole's daughter wants a steak and a beer, but is refused and so Racksole buys the hotel. A hotel clerk disappears, and the body of a retainer sent to prepare for a visit by Prince Eugen is found, but then also vanishes. The Prince himself fails to show up and there follows an international hunt to determine his whereabouts, with Racksole's daughter resorting to brandishing a revolver in Ostend in an attempt to solve the various mysteries. A complex plot with a nonetheless strong central theme, which involves abduction, fraud and impersonation, unwinds in this truly gripping tale.
