On his way home to San Diego, P.I. Patrick Kincaid takes a detour through San Francisco to check on the well-being of a family friend whos mysteriously been unreachable. What he doesnt expect is to be shot at before he can find out why attorney Elle Santana wont ask the police for help in finding a missing girl. Soon, he and Elle race to find the witness and take down a sweatshop run by a corrupt businessman with a penchant for violence. Newly sworn FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid cant remember the last time she spent the holidays with her whole family, but getting home by December 25 is proving to be a bit of a problem. A blizzard shut down the airports, and she and her boyfriend Sean Rogan are stuck in a Denver hotel--with a dead body. And if that wasnt all, back in San Diego patriarch Colonel Kincaid ends up in the hospital, where an even greater danger awaits--a man with a vendetta who will kill anyone who gets in his way.