WHAT THIS STORY IS ABOUT

Kidnapped!
The dirtiest word of all, perhaps, in the vocabulary of crime. And when kidnapping is tied up with the threat of murder of the innocent victim if fabulous ransom is not paid, the anguish of parents of the kidnapped is almost unimaginable.

A single kidnapping is bad enough. But when Hank Janson sets out to solve one he runs into a plot to carry out a series of snatches of young girls of well-to-do mothers, planned to net the perpetrators a huge fortune if they succeed.

The plot springs originally from a schoolgirl prank to form a virgins club, the members of all being tattooed with the letter "V" in an inconspicuous place. Many years later it is the daughters of these girls who get kidnapped and threatened.

It's a long, long trail of investigation for Hank, tracing the former club members to get to a solution of the mystery that has caused so much grief, and finally landing the culprits behind bars - for which, of course, his old police friend, Tiny, gets most of the credit.

But on the way to this solution, Hank find his experiences anything but unexciting, especially with so many dames involved!

© Roberts and Vinter 1960

Hank Janson info (taken from 'Cutie On Call'. 'Don't Scare Easy' has no story blurb.)

HANK JANSON addicts (minimum dosage: Two 'H.J.' novels per month) need not be told that the man is a crime reporter with a flair for mixing it with super-criminals and superb women.

Born in London, Hank moved off around the world in search of action and adventure, and found his real talent as a writer after being washed up in Chicago. When he eventually quit full-time reportage to become one of the most prolific story-writers in the English language, he had lived through enough exctiement to fill a thousand books.

His present whereabouts are never disclosed.

SECURITY, you know.

© Alexander Moring Ltd, 1958