At last. The sophisticated female P.I. you've been waiting for. Jamie Prescott is well educated, well traveled, and speaks several languages. She also runs a travel agency out of Bethesda, Maryland, with best pal, Topsy Bannister. Faced with the gruesome murder of a client on a tour to Machu Picchu Jamie applies her skills to run the murderer to ground. Her investigation takes her from Bethesda to Lima, to Paris, and New York, where hair-raising events include two more murders. Jamie's tour guide is a suspected terrorist. A doctor and an antique dealer obstruct her progress. A mysterious Indian woman appears and disappears. A drama coach falls for an international rogue, two Jesuit padres are in political trouble, and an American couple conceal vital information.