Jefferson Keyes, a former government agent, is now a private eye/mercenary. His fee never changes: a cool million, with results guaranteed. In the opener, Keyes searches for a missing heiress who hasn't been seen in thirteen years.
A wealthy tycoon accused of murder needs Keyes to find the only person who can clear him. Jeff's only clue is that her picture was taken during a thirty minute period at Niagara Falls.
Jeff's latest case is to steal a priceless painting from a Greek billionaire and replace it with a forgery.
Keyes must rescue a kidnapped billionaire, but his mission is endangered by the man's paranoid aversion to germs. When millionaire recluse Bayard Barnes is kidnapped and a 10 million dollar ransom is demanded, Jefferson Keyes is called in to find the victim without paying the ransom. Keyes travels to Ohio, the Caribbean Lisbon and a South American country in search of Barnes. Then a would-be actress becomes dramatically involved in the case.
Keyes final assignment is personal: he tries a diamond heist to get revenge on the African ruler who paid for his job with a million dollar rubber check.