Lieutenant Rick Hunter's girlfriend is murdered, and the main suspect is her ex-husband. But Hunter is soon convinced of a connection to another case.

On enforced leave following a failed drug bust, LAPD Lieutenant Rick Hunter heads to San Diego, where he catches up with former partner Dee Dee McCall. But upon their reunion, Hunter and McCall become embroiled in a terrifying game of cat and mouse that has its roots in Russia.

Lieutenant Rick Hunter and Sergeant Dee Dee McCall, now of the San Diego Police Department, must track down a group of women bank robbers who appear to be behind bars when the crimes occur, while simultaneously looking for an ex-con he put away who has just been released and is now on a vengeful crime wave.