Hot Red Money

Hot Red Money, first published in 1959, is a Cold War thriller (‘Red’ in the title refers to communism). Journalist Maurice Morel receives information from an informer that there are large amounts of secret Soviet money and gold tucked away in Lebanese and Swiss banks. Following the lead turns deadly for the informant and Morel’s life is in danger as he attempts to discover the planned use of the funds.

“Several million dollars of that Russian gold is in a numbered account in the Banque du Shebab-Syrie. I know the name of the man who controls that account, as well as untold millions more in numbered accounts in Switzerland. That man is here in the United States. I know how he got in, the name he’s using, and what he is trying to do.”