During a respite in the Yugoslavian wars, a hunted war criminal, Ratac þthe Butcherþ Bymarovitch undergoes plastic surgery and flees his homeland. Cool-talking Frank Ferret, an investigative journalist, and first-time bounty hunter, follows the Butcherþs trail to a New Zealand adventure travel tour led by perky Debbie McWard.

Debbie confronts her own dilemma. Two of her former lovers, baseball MVP, Clutch Cooper, and billionaire computer executive, Willie Dern, are both eager to commit, but Gil Rocklin, a handsome widower with a mysterious past and a delightful young daughter, Amy, also sparks Debbieþs interest.

Romances give way to fear when a tourist is brutally murdered and another tourist is falsely blamed.

Debbie learns of the Butcher hiding among her tourists, but of six possible suspects, who?

She joins with her friends in strategies to identify the killer. Debbie doesnþt realize that she, too, is targeted for murder. Equally terrifying is why of all the places in the world to disappear, the Butcher specifically chose her tour group to hide, scheme, and murder.

Only Debbie and her friends cab thwart the killing of loved ones and the Butcherþs rekindling of the Balkan Wars.