The Tricks of the Trade

Kek Huuygens #3

by Robert L. Fish

Kek Huuygens is hired to smuggle a suitcase that could change the destiny of Buenos Aires

André Martins remembers Kek Huuygens as he once was: wily, rugged, and desperate. But when he comes to pay his old friend a surprise visit, he finds Huuygens living in one of the most luxurious apartments in Paris. What’s more, Huuygens has a bottle of wine open on the table, for he was expecting his visitor before Martins ever had the idea to come. Kek Huuygens is a smuggler—the best in the world—and smugglers cannot afford to be surprised.
 
A mutual friend has made a most unusual score: stealing a suitcase full of the original Spanish deeds to Buenos Aires. In the right hands, they are worth a fortune, but first they must be returned to Spain—and only Huuygens can get them there. He will do it as he does everything: with wit, style, and a firm grip on the element of surprise.

240 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Robert Lloyd Fish was an American writer of crime fiction. His first novel, The Fugitive, gained him the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award for best first novel in 1962, and his short story "Moonlight Gardener" was awarded the Edgar for best short story in 1972. His 1963 novel Mute Witness, written under the pseudonym Robert L. Pike, was filmed in 1968 as Bullitt, starring Steve McQueen.