Frank Corrigan is a tough San Francisco Police Detective that gets assigned, by request, to escort the wife of a Middle Eastern dictators son, to a formal dinner party while she is visiting the city. He finds out the beautiful woman he is to escort is actually an American and requested him because she went to school with him. What he doesn't know is that she knows a secret that could send him to his death along with a good number of San Franciscans. To make matters worse, Corrigan is the target of an ex-con set on revenge. A taut mystery with a lot of action. A good read for mystery lovers.