An unemployed journalist Barber is involved in preparing the kidnapping of the daughter of the “zinc king” Marlowe. This crime is unusual - the daughter of a millionaire and her stepmother conspire to fake a kidnapping, hoping to receive a ransom. By law, kidnapping is punishable by death...The tycoon Radnitz sets out to take possession of a secret formula, the contents of which no one knows...The book was also published as “The Dangerous Patient”, “Under the Pressure of Force”, “Leave No Traces”, “Without Trace”, “Considered Furious” "This issue includes the following novels: Tangle (novel, translation by V. Weber) It would be better if I remained poor (novel, translation by A. Gerasimov) Fanatic (novel, translation by N. Krasnoslobodsky)