Ruth Blacksmith prepares to divorce estranged husband Jason to marry the younger Aidan Harper,despite Aidan's confession that he once 'hurt a woman,who later died',named Mary Trelease. Unbeknown to Ruth Jason and Aidan had fought and now Jason is found murdered,his sister suspecting Aidan,who has no alibi.
Returning from a Swiss business trip, executive Mark Bretherick finds the dead bodies of his wife Geraldine and daughter in the bathtub. It looks like a *******, but there's no note or known motive. Country police chief Proust gives the case to recent London transferee, detective sergeant Charlie Zailer. Lacking confidence, she ignores the advice of veteran DC Simon Waterhouse,...
约翰波特(John Porter)回来了,而这一次他处在一个前所未有的困境中。
20号分部是一支训练有素、久经沙场的新团体。由获得过银紫荆星章的英国中士迈克尔斯顿布奇,和前美国三角洲部队突击队成员达米恩斯科特组成。他们受命于雷厉风行的上校埃莉诺格兰特,要追捕一个危险的,难以捉摸的恐怖分子和化解一个可能引发战争的阴谋.
为了跟踪臭名昭著的拉蒂夫,约翰波特已经被派去做卧底两个月了。上校埃莉诺格兰特再次听到他的消息是在一段恶心的被俘广播中。
斯顿布奇和他的队友搞了个突然袭击,但是拉蒂夫还是早了他们一步,他们的营救计划失败了。拉蒂夫将处死波特,所有20号分部的成员们只能眼睁睁的看着悲剧发生。但是,在波特美国朋友达米恩斯科特——唯一见过拉蒂夫的官员的帮助下,20号分部发现了波特临终前留下的线索。