In the wake of a devastating Caribbean hurricane, two young detectives chase a criminal legend into the unknown. Tom Pauling and his friend Frank, equipped with their revolutionary radio apparatus, stand aboard a battered destroyer piecing together clues to their enemy's escape. The trail leads from storm-ravaged islands to the depths of the South American jungle, where an international ring of thieves has buried its secrets. Their quarry is the mysterious Red Beard, a mastermind who has evaded capture for years, and the Radio Detectives must use every ounce of their ingenuity to track him down. When an SOS signal crackles through the static, warning of danger lurking just beneath the surface of their mission, the stakes turn lethal. This is early 20th century adventure at its purest: technological know-how against criminal cunning, youth against experience, and the untamed jungle against those who dare to penetrate its depths. Verrill delivers a rip-roaring pursuit through exotic locales that feels both of its time and bracingly immediate.
