Peter Pickering was a British businessman recruited by the CIA to help stop the drain of US technology for weapons use by rogue nations and terrorists. When he disappeared in Switzerland, his French wife Monique hired a detective to find him. Peter turned up with amnesia as a John Doe left for dead in Germany. The PI was wounded saving agent Joan Walters from being taking down by an intruder to the Pickering estate in the Berkshires. Despite their age difference, Joan was attracted to him and they became more than partners. The investigators traveled to Europe for answers, but encountered spies who killed one of the Brit's component customers while ransacking his Zurich office.