The Man from Acapulco

Bob Saint-Clare is the world's most capable agent - nerves of steel, muscles of iron, a feared opponent and an irresistible seducer who masters shooting and karate as perfectly as piano playing and poetry. It's no wonder he's the one chosen to help Colonel Collins, whose agents are being eliminated in Acapulco by an unknown adversary.

Bob discovers this during a stopover in Paris, where an unknown sender delivers his informant with an axe in his head. After landing in Mexico, he effortlessly identifies and eliminates a series of enemy operatives hidden in various disguises. With his contact, the beautiful Arianne, he repels an attack by frogmen who assault them in a luxurious bungalow.

But then a cleaning lady appears with her vacuum cleaner - and ruins everything. She interrupts the creative focus of writer François Merlin, author of forty-one novels about the exploits of the unstoppable agent, who is just finishing another one...