In preparation for the World Economic Conference, Leopold Gorman, a widely feared and respected financier, chooses five immensely rich and powerful businessmen from all over the world to bring his plan to fruition. He selects these men to use their combined wealth to wreak havoc in the financial world.

Leopold Gorman, however, is a dangerous man. With Gordon Craigie, Chief of British Intelligence service Department Z, standing in his way, he tries to bring them down as well.

As Craigie attempts to undermine Gorman’s plot, Gorman turns his attention to the the agents of the Department, deciding which one he will make disappear next. Can Craigie and his men outwit this master criminal before it’s too late?

Death Round the Corner (1935) is the fourth in John Creasey‘s Department Z series and this edition is available now in print and as an e-book.