This book, listed as #19 by the author in the Barclay&Neilson series, does NOT have Barclay or Neilson in it. They are up to their necks in trouble in Iran. Instead, the author introduces us to Titan Duplantier, a Phoenix homicide detective looking into the murder of a private eye with tons of blackmail material. [I have NO idea why this is #19 but there you are!]