Giants in the Countinghouse
Written by
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Copyright 1935
First published in the magazine called This Week (March 3, 1935) for the newspaper titled Philadelphia Record. 8th story in the collection .
One of three brothers ruling a powerful American crime family has come to Monaco to extort the rulership of a small nation from the Grand Duke now controlling it. Besserley learns of this and is determined to bring a stop to it, regardless of the danger to himself.