Joan Wilder is thrust into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and also love. This time out a duplicitous Arab dignitary that attracts her to the Middle East, basically to write a novel about his own life duped her. Obviously he's up to no good, also Joan is simply yet another pawn in his game that is evil. But his sidekick Ralph and Jack Colton appear to help our intrepid heroine rescue the afternoon.