Known for his innate ability to recognize lies, and his persuasive methods of making people talk, Geiger was the best of the best in the field of Information Retrieval. Until he was asked to break his only rule. Something cracked in Geiger's neatly controlled mind, opening up a flood of terrible memories long kept at bay. And now Geiger is missing, presumed dead. But with no body ever found, there are a number of people invested in finding out the truth. One of those is Harry Boddicker, Geiger's old handler and friend. Another is his bitter rival, Dalton, who is determined to extract a final confession before carrying out his deadly revenge. But no one has reckoned on Zanni Soames - a woman more dangerous than any of them, and hell-bent on getting to Geiger first...