Publisher's Synopsis
Special Agent Deborah BeGoud, uses a backdoor method to kill a committee vote on a contract in the U. S. Senate. Done out of the love for her husband, and to protect him from possible criminal prosecution, little does she know that her actions will backfire. Triggering savage and gruesome murders on the island of St. Luietz, the emotional loss of her husband, and involve both Washington and Moscow to become involved.
Goodreads Description: Even a con-man, with a built-in disguise, higher than average intelligence, and training by one of the Cold War's best operatives, has their bad days. Especially when fate, rears its ugly head at almost every turn. A wife, who gets a bill killed in the Senate, to keep him from going to jail. Or when the conman picks a location to disappear, only to find that, who is trying to hide from, is already there. Add in a proud homicide unit with a perfect record to maintain. The totally chance arrival of a highly experience investigator, arriving for her annual vacation with her family, one of whom just happens to be the Senior Homicide Detective on the Island. Plus local merchants, who remember things that just don't seem to be right, and sometimes the deck gets so stacked, that even the best con-man can't get a good hand.
