A meeting of old friends and a plea for help starts the new destiny of a country. A routine diplomatic security assignment is about to be turned into an inter-American powder keg. A retired diplomat is lured through the back door and her diplomatic skills are put to the test in a hotel boardroom. Purvis and George deal with the cat-and-mouse intrigue with a known assassin known as "La Viuda". A game of wit and deception is played to the end, and they hold their breath if the word of an enemy is to be trusted.