Arrested for a murder he didnt commit American adventurer Bart Lanigan is about to be deported from Finland on a freighter In the Helsinki harbor he himself becomes a target for a hit man but manages to escape back to land Lanigan contacts Arvo Mäki a womanizing local con man recommended to him as a man he could trust Lanigan is in Finland to catch an American millionaire businessman Leonard Weston alias Lawrence Walker who has fled the USA with the companys monies and begun investing them in Finland Looking for the mysterious LW character while trying to get rid of various hit men Lanigan and Mäki travel around picturesque southern Finland joined by a pretty night club singer Marja Salo who wont leave Lanigan alone and insists on marrying him
