Douglas Milton is writing a book revealing matters relating to security and terrorism, that many authorities and organisations would rather be kept secret, which makes him a prime assassin's target. Jeff and Jeannie get an assignment to protect him from harm until he makes the revelations public at a prestigious international conference.

Jeff's ex-fiancee Freya Cargill asks him to re-open investigations into the death of her Egyptologist father. Jeff and Jeannie head for the museum where he worked, and meet some of the strange staff who work there.

At the request of Bulstrode and Lacey, Jeff and Jeannie pose as doctors to investigate activities at a secret underground pain-research laboratory.

When the baby of their secretary Felia is kidnapped by the sinister Butranekh Cult, Jeff and Jeannie investigate some unpleasant goings on in Latvia.