Michael Ryan can kill anybody in just minutes. When he’s offered a rich payout to assassinate a target in Harvard Yard, the precision strike starts perfectly, then explodes into a horrifying spectacle. Ryan has to run and his wife goes missing. Now the world's fastest hit man sets out for one last score: revenge. And every minute counts. 

Dr Randall Beck is an eccentric psychiatrist with a terminal disease. This makes him fearless, which comes in handy when a patient is murdered before his eyes – a patient with an unspeakable secret.

Famous film director Wayne Tennet stands accused by his stepdaughter of crossing the line. Falsely, he swears. Now his life and career hang in the balance. But why would she lie?