Isobel Estorick

Katherine Gilvey is a comely councilwoman, whose campaign for Attorney General is being managed by her ambitious, but cold-hearted husband Benjamin, which takes a turn when photographs surface of her liasion with a male prostitute, who used to be a law client of hers, and has now turned up dead. Also is a note telling her to withdraw from the campaign or the photos will be made public. Investigating on her own, Katherine's suspects to the idenity of the blackmailer are: a shadowy power broker, a charismatic minister, an activist priest, or even her own husband.

When a wealthy scriptwriter and socialite's daughter is murdered, he feels let down by the courts, and so decides to use his powerful position to enable his own form of justice.

Le Concorde réussit à se poser à Washington, après avoir échappé aux tentatives des écologistes voulant l'empêcher d’atterrir. Le supersonique doit repartir pour Moscou. Pendant ce temps là, une journaliste, Maggie Whelan, est contactée par Carl Parker qui lui révèle détenir des preuves accablantes contre Harrison.