Miami-based private eye Willie Cuesta has a new client, and when she insists on meeting at the Ritz Carlton, Willie knows this case could be lucrative. Carmen Vickers de Estrada is Colombian by birth, and like others from her country she has suffered at the hands of kidnappers. Her husband was killed while resisting abduction. Her son Jos was also held before she paid a small fortune for his release. And now, though they are living in Key Biscayne, she fears that her son may be snatched again. She wants Willie, a former Miami Police Department detective, to provide protection for Jos . And when men toting automatic weapons take his girlfriend in broad daylight, Willie is left to explain how she was kidnapped on his watch. As the Estrada clan waits for the ransom demand, Willie discovers that things don't add up about the family he has been hired to protect. Soon, Willie is on the receiving end of gun fire and wonders if he'll soon meet his end.