Banacek finds himself in a race against his old adversary, Chief McKinney of the National Meridian Insurance Company, to solve the case of a missing armored truck carrying $1,600,000 of gold bullion that disappeared without a trace while under a police escort.
When a professional football player vanishes from the field of play in front of a large crowd and millions of TV viewers, Banacek is called in by the owner of the team to solve the mystery.
A $5,000,000 experimental car, and the train car it was being transported on, both disappear without a trace.
A priceless gold cross disappears en route from Mexico to Los Angeles, despite being guarded by an army officer and handcuffed to a priest.
A million dollars in cash disappears from a Las Vegas casino's tamperproof display case.
Banacek must discover how a coin collector's priceless collection is stolen from a locked vault inside a state-of-the-art secure hotel room.
Banacek must solve a murder and the disappearance of a valuable book from a theft-proof display case.
Banacek must figure out how $23 million worth of paintings vanished from a sealed truck on its way from New York to Boston.
Banacek is hired to retrieve valuable stock certificates stolen from a major food company on the eve of a planned merger.
Banacek must locate a 3-ton, 3-meter-tall statue that inexplicably disappears before its unveiling.
A highly prized medical computer disappears from a lab fortified with electric fences and sensitive alarms.
A precious jewel-encrusted coach is stolen from a sealed container as it's loaded onto a cargo ship.
Banacek and Carlie race to solve the mystery of a one-of-a-kind Greek treasure that disappeared from a museum gallery in front of a crowd of startled onlookers.
Banacek must figure out how a $5 million racehorse was switched for another during its morning workout.
An experimental rocket engine disappears from a trade show display.
A crippled airplane makes an emergency landing on a tiny desert airstrip, only to vanish the next morning.
Banacek assists the daughter of a stage magician, suspected of grand larceny, who disappeared during his act - for good.
