A grizzled professional cat burglar gets trapped inside the bedroom closet of one of the worlds richest men, only to witness, through a one-way mirror, two Secret Service agents kill the billionaires trampy young wife as she tries to fight off the drunken sexual advances of the nations chief executive. Running for his life, but not before he picks up a bloodstained lett A grizzled professional cat burglar gets trapped inside the bedroom closet of one of the worlds richest men, only to witness, through a one-way mirror, two Secret Service agents kill the billionaires trampy young wife as she tries to fight off the drunken sexual advances of the nations chief executive. Running for his life, but not before he picks up a bloodstained letter opener that puts the president at the scene of the crime, the burglar becomes the target of a clandestine manhunt orchestrated by leading members of the executive branch. Meanwhile, Jack Graham, once a public defender and now a high-powered corporate attorney, gets drawn into the case because the on-the-lam burglar just happens to be the father of his former financee, a crusading Virginia prosecutor. Embroidering the narrative through assorted plot whorls are the heros broken romance; his conflict over selling out for financial success; the prosecutors confused love-hate for her burglar father; the relentless investigation by a northern Virginia career cop; the dilemma of government agents trapped in a moral catch-22; the amoral ambitions of a sexy White House Chief of Staff; and the old burglars determination to bring down the ruthless president. Meanwhile, lurking at the novels center like a venomous spider is the sociopathic president.