Max investigates two seemingly-unconnected murders: The former president of an Asian country, who was accused of embezzlement, is bumped off in France. Meanwhile, the right-hand man of a corrupt US mayor meets a grizzly end in the Californian desert. Max finds a strange message stating 'Sicilia, 10am, Ocean Drive' and tries to figure out what it all means. Meanwhile, a mysterious young woman seems to be one step ahead of him and erasing one clue after another...