Key West, Florida. Home of margaritas, fine seafood, and sun-baked '60s burn-outs. Also, for the time being, of Eddie Kruger - a man with a decidedly chequered past.

Eddie's a vaccinator now, operating in the shadowy margins of kidnap and intrigue. Nobody knows just how far outside the realms of normal life this puts him - including, it turns out, Eddie himself.

Because when Illinois businessman George Becker turns to eddie for help, the next forty eight hours open doors that neither guessed even existed. The veil of comfortable reality is lifted for a moment. The masks come off.

And then the faces.