

Chief Supt. Franks looks into a hijacking of a plane in Edinburgh where the pilot has vanished which could be linked to the disappearance of terrorist Gabrielle from Paris.

French intelligence send pictures that show hit man Constant Delangre acting as Gabrielle's bodyguard and she likely to be the mystery passenger on the plane that landed in Edinburgh.

Capt. Aubrey Percival from SIS takes over command of the case. Franks discovers Gabrielle was a Soviet agent but is disillusioned. A hit man is already on her tail in Scotland.

Chief Supt. Franks is under pressure from Special Branch while Captain Percival is playing politics. Franks finds warns Gabrielle that a hit man is on her tail.