Captain Hugh North

"Third machine gun gangster dies!" came the newsboy's cry through the window of Judge Mackaye's stately residence in Deptford. A group of men were gathered there - powers in the life of the city, and before sundown two of them lay dead on the broad lawns of Deptford Manor, another was on the point of death, and Captain Hugh North of Army Intelligence was to take control. Murder stalked the quiet New England city - murder whose roots lay in a strange, bizarre tangle. Murder dogged Judge Mackaye's footsteps, hounded his lovely daughter. And murder uncovered another, more terrible tragedy before it was finally checked!

Captain Hugh North of the Army Intelligence has had a strange career, but no part of it compares to the peril and excitement with the case of the branded spy, and the singular chain of murders that, following it, threaten the peace of the world. From the beautiful girl found dead near an Hawaiian beach, with an inexplicable mark branded on her neck, North finds the threads that lead to the far corners and great capitals - Paris, Washington, Moscow ... and to criminals whose ruthless daring is matched only by their cunning!