It's bad publicity for the city when the Businesswoman of the Year is murdered execution style. Officials want the case solved fast. Lieutenant Bob Beaudry, reinstated after a suspension for a fast trigger, teams up with a new partner. She's smart, full of Irish wit, and has a smile warm enough to melt titanium. As the April weather heats up, so does the chemistry between them. Beaudry's no-rulebook tactics puts them in the crosshairs of a hit squad as the body count multiplies and the case goes international, implicating terrorists, crooked financiers, local politicians, and a mob hit- man.