"A Death in Geneva" is a fast-paced thriller set against the background of late-1970s terrorism that crisscrosses Europe, the United States, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic as mysterious assailants terrorize one of America s richest industrialist families. The action begins when Constance Burdette, the newly appointed American ambassador to the European office of the United Nations and the President s secret lover is cut down by machine gun fire in a bloody, well-planned strike against her chauffeured limousine in Geneva. The three assassins, continue their attack by stalking the late Ambassador s brother, Thomas Madison Starring, America s leading shipbuilder and owner of an international shipping fleet. As the assassins close in on their prey, the tense plot moves to a final, devastating act of terror."