Cross is damaged goods after witnessing the death of his partner, he s been unable to work for eight months. As she reaches out for Cross, the car breaks loose and his partner plunges to a watery grave. The nefarious kidnapper draws Cross into the investigation with clues planted in his mailbox and taunting phone calls.
Timeworn elements crop up, such as . . .
The sage, humble detective . The pernicious villain . Bumbling, bureaucratic federal agents , whose rank-pulling only serves to expose their own incompetence. Frantic action sequences . To deliver a ransom of diamonds, Cross follows the villain s directions to a series of telephone rendezvous points in D.C., creating a one-man chase.