The Russian

The Russian, a big-time shipping mogul and drug smuggler with ties to the Soviet Government, has lost a valuable artifact that holds a secret most would kill to possess. In the hands of The Russian, the delicate balance of world power could easily be tipped in the Soviet’s favor, and he’s not about to jeopardize that now.

Matt Vaughn, former police officer, turned upscale San Francisco Private Investigator has a problem. He finds himself unwillingly but inescapably in the employ of The Russian, who has kidnapped Matt's estranged wife and is holding her hostage until the stolen artifact is recovered. As Matt works to solve the mystery, he finds things aren’t exactly what they seem, and now he doesn’t know whom to trust.

Things get even more complicated when Matt meets Charlie Cooper—an ambitious Journalist who finds herself unwittingly entangled in the drama and mystery of greedy, power-hungry entities. Charlie becomes torn between her duty to report on transpiring events and her growing feelings for a complicated man she just met.