John Ferguson, a retired ex-MI5 agent, finds his daughter has gone missing while returning to her mother on a flight back to Italy. He sets out to discover what has happened to her, only to uncover an unsavoury situation being orchestrated by a high ranking Italian minister with close ties to the Mafia, who has expectations of becoming wealthier and more powerful beyond anyone's comprehension. John meets up with Colin Spence, whose girlfriend had also mysteriously gone missing. They go about a plan in the hope of finding John's daughter only to discover a situation which is much more than a straight forward kidnapping. Everything changes for the worse, with unpleasant consequences, when Colin's life tumbles into a torrid race to stop another attempt at kidnapping his girlfriend.QuestionWhy was Helena kidnapped, who was responsible, and why were the authorities not concerned or.