Things are getting too close to home, two killers, one operating in America one in europe, believe Alex crosses the only worthy opponent in the delegating a chess plan. And Alex must contend with something he hasn't known since the loss of his wife, he's deeply in love, and this romance will make him, and her all the more vulnerable. Gary Soneji is back. He vows his last act on Earth will be taking the life of Alex cross. But first he wants some fun, and Union Station in Washington and Penn Station in New York are scenes of chaos as Soneji creates a train ride to hell. What time running out, cross must predict his next move, the lives of thousands of innocent commuters hang in the balance. Meanwhile second game of cat and mouse is being played. Thomas Augustine Pierce referred to by the FBI in interpolis St Augustine for his uncanny ability to catch killers, has been chasing his demon, Mr smith, since his fiance was brutally murdered, heart cut out. Panic spreads to Europe when Mr Smith strikes in london, then paris. But when the Soneji case takes a baffling new twists, Pierce must put the Mr Smith case on hold to assist on a special investigation. Will cross, or Pierce figure out in time who is the cat and who is the mouse?