"The Secret Power" - Hardly anyone who strays into the emigrant's restaurant "Strange Bird" would suspect that the porter once was a general, the waiter a prince and the cook an admiral, and that the lady at the bar is actually the princess Sinaide forced was leaving their home.
An international gang of thieves and swindlers decide to move their criminal operation to the Teutonic city of Cologne, but Tom Wilkens, one of the best agents of the international police, is not far behind and leads an investigation to unmask the criminals.
Действие происходит в Вене эпохи послевоенной инфляции, с ее расслоением на нравственно циничных богатых и бесправных нищих. В центре — судьбы обедневших женщин, вынужденных продавать себя в ночном клубе и отеле, принадлежащих жене богатого мясника.
