The murder of a beautiful woman triggers this hard-hitting story of intrigue that reaches from Washington to the Kremlin, and inadvertently links the lives of two men-Marine Corps Lieutenant Bill Gallagher, the deceased's boyfriend, and her ex-husband, U.S. Navy Commander Charles Pike. Gallagher believes Pike is the killer and embarks on a mission to prove it. Incredibly his quest takes an unexpected turn when he discovers that Pike's new girlfriend is suspected of being a Soviet agent, prompting him to question the sailor's patriotism. Could it be that Pike is harboring a woman with possible ties to the KGB, or is he just an unwitting accomplice who views her only as his faithful bedmate? In this fast-paced Cold War thriller, only one man knows the answer.