Private detective Collin Carter is getting desperate for a case to work on. His bills are piling up. Even Joe Feldstein at his favorite deli says his tab is too high. When Collin takes a job with a federal contractor he accidentally gets involved in international espionage.

He is surrounded by white lies and dangerous secrets that lead to the discovery of a dead body in the home of a man Collin is investigating. A second body is found at a construction site nearby. To Collin's horror Lily, Collin's wife, gets kidnapped. He must save her before she is killed also, but which of two opposing groups has her? Can he get to her in time?