A seeminly random drive-by shooting in Long Beach, CA goes unsolved.
Ballistic evidence sets off alarms in Washington, DC nearly a year after
the killing. Detective Sam Devereaux is assigned a visiting investigator
from the CIA to work the case. He is kept out of the "loop" for reasons
of "National Security." Devereaux goes ballistic himself and is finally
told the identity of the suspected killer and the chase is on. The hunt
reaches from Long Beach to the corridors of the CIA and a chilling
climax on a ferry boat during a raging Northwest snowstorm.