Colt Frazier, a Phoenix ex-cop, now a private investigator, is hired by SarahWilson, a black woman, to fi nd the person who killed her husband. She andher husband were being extorted for a million dollars from someone whocalled them, threatening that if they didnt wire the money to a Swiss accountwithin twenty-four hours, someone dear to them would die. They didnt takethe threat seriously and the husband was shot from long range and killed.Frazier and the woman track leads around the country, from Chicago toLouisville and fi nally to Las Vegas, where they find the killer and are nearlykilled themselves. The plot ends in Omaha, Nebraska, in a final confrontationwith the psychopathic extortionist involving Frazier and Sarah Wilson,Fraziers daughter and her husband, and a charming dog named Big Red.
