When Bessie Faro's husband Johnny dies in a plane crash in Veracruz, Mexico, she finds that his air cargo business is deeply in the red. When she visits the airline's terminal in Veracruz, she discovers her husband was pumping large amounts of money into bank accounts all over the world. As she begins systematically recovering her husband's money, she discovers that someone else has beat her to some of the accounts. Aided by Fergus Lamb, a chance acquaintance, she goes to Cairo to find some answers. But she is being followed.

一个凶残的杀手从圣昆廷逃了出来，带着一个罐子，他相信是海洛因，但实际上是一种放射性物质，威胁着整个洛杉矶。

堪萨斯市屠宰场和芝加哥犯罪集团之间进行着非法的“牛肉”交易，这些“牛肉”是被贩卖的性奴。主人公唤起了对一个“牛肉”的同情，他会帮她逃离么……