#taken

As Wolfe investigates the connection between the kidnapped woman and the head of a crumbling criminal empire, the hunt takes him from New Scotland Yard's Black Museum to the glittering mansions of career criminals, from sleazy strip joints to secret dungeons, and from the murderous hatreds of today to the unspeakable crimes of half a lifetime ago.

In timp ce Wolfe investigheaza legatura dintre femeia rapita si capul unui imperiu criminal care se prabuseste, vanatoarea il duce de la Muzeul Negru al New Scotland Yard la conacele stralucitoare ale infractorilor de cariera, de la articulatiile de banda murdare la temnitele secrete si de la urile ucigase ale astazi la crimele de nedescris de acum o jumatate de viata.