The Longer The Thread: Emma Lathen

John Putnam Thatcher, senior vice-president of the world's third largest bank, the Sloane, is in Puerto Rico to set the affairs of Slax Clothing in order. The bank has lent them three million dollars and Thatcher soon discovers there's more wrong at Slax than a delay in delivery dates. There's sabotage, arson, murder, kidnapping and a political crisis! Slax's boss is kidnapped, the Government declares a state of emergency and a nation wide manhunt ensues!