The Plot That Failed; or, When Men Conspire

New York financier Hilton Field thought he could buy his way out of a dangerous promise. He was wrong. Louise Calhoun, a woman of refinement fallen on hard times, has no intention of letting Field escape the oath he swore to her. When Nick Carter enters their world, he finds a city rotten with conspiracy: men who scheme, women who scheme, and everyone convinced they are the cleverest predator in the room. The plot that failed is the one Field and his co-conspirators have woven but cannot control. Carter must unravel their web before their desperate measures claim innocent lives.