When Madame Motamboru, widow of the assassinated President of Bakara, is
framed for murder in Singapore, she requests that her old friend Virgil
Tibbs take part in the investigation. Because of U.S. interests in the
area, Tibbs is cleared for passage.
Upon arrival, Tibbs finds that the police there are convinced of Madame
Motamboru's guilt. All the evidence says that only she could have shot
the man who visited her hotel suite. It's up to Tibbs to save her from
hanging by uncovering the truth and outwitting the sinister organization
that wants her dead.
And when Tibbs gets involved in another more bizarre murder case, it
will take all of his legendary intelligence and cool-headed savvy to
find the answers to two deadly and, apparently, unsolvable puzzles.