Richard Marlette thought he would never see Nicole again. After their affair, she now lives with her daughter. Her husband takes the girl on an access visit, and they both disappear in El Salvador. He has been killed, the girl kidnapped. Double-crossed at every turn, Marlette must find the girl.
Alastair MacNeill was born in Greenock, Scotland in 1960. His family emigrated to South Africa when he was six, settling in the coastal city of East London.
He returned to the United Kingdom in 1985 hoping to pursue a career as a writer. He submitted a manuscript to HarperCollins Publishers and, on the strength of it, was offered the chance to write a novel based on an outline by the late Alistair MacLean. He eventually wrote seven novels based on MacLean synopses and has also written five novels under his own name.