Synopsis: St. Ives, a crime writer, becomes a criminal himself when a rich, strange crook named Procane hires him to steal a bribe that some corrupt Americans are paying to a group of Arabs. But this task enmeshes the writer in a web of intrigue involving double-crosses, murders, and duplicitous... St. Ives, a crime writer, becomes a criminal himself when a rich, strange crook named Procane hires him to steal a bribe that some corrupt Americans are paying to a group of Arabs. But this task enmeshes the writer in a web of intrigue involving double-crosses, murders, and duplicitous accomplices. St. Ives much watch his back at every moment, if he is going to survive this dangerous assignment. [More]