Entanglement with Nadia, a beautiful, half-Arab, multi-lingual Italian girl leads Dale Connors' curiosity back over the previous fifty years as he uncovers an historical motive for a devilish terrorist plot in Libya. As sanctions against Libya are lifted he reluctantly leads a race against time to prevent a disaster as he and a young team from three of Europe's secret service agencies put together the pieces of a puzzle that stretches to Egypt, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom. A tantalising and thoughtful thriller, built around real people doing real jobs. 'People on the Edge' twists its way to a fast-paced, unexpected finale.