When a young couple--both scientists at Plum Island, an offshore
research facility rumored to be involved with germ warfare--are found
shot to death outside their home, it appears at first to be a robbery
gone awry. but in the quiet town of Southold, Long Island, a small,
insular, beach community in which everyone knows everybody else, it
seems unlikely that the two are victims of a random crime. When
investigators--led by NYPD cop John Corey--discover that none of the
expensive electronics were stolen from the couple's ransacked house,
the crime begins to seem more like a calculated assassination than a
senseless murder. Corey, recruited by local authorities to serve as a
consultant on the case, quickly realizes that he's in for much more
than the simple investigation for which he reluctantly signed on. As
he unravels the mystery of the murders and realizes that the crime has
international implications, the stakes rise to dangerous--even
deadly--proportions.