In this twisted tale of vengeance, a congressman is impaled on an escalator in a London tube station and a real estate agent is poisoned on a Disneyland ride. Unusual sword-like weapons, public settings, and expert execution--murders that are worlds apart from the crimes he usually deals with--Jack Grant finds a sordid connection between the victims and a heinous crime never brought to light that will blur the line between right and wrong.

A simple missing-persons case expands into a wide and violent abyss for private eye Jack Grant, who is soon dealing with the world of Chilean exiles and killers who favor chilling means of death