One of Largo's business associates, Ethan Forest, has gone missing, during a trip to Russia. Largo and Kerensky fly to St. Petersburg to investigate. In the meantime, Joy and Simon discover that Sullivan has begun to use cocaine, provided from his younger girlfriend, Celeste.
Largo gives money to a waiter, then Kerensky gives him oranges in a black briefcase. The man takes them immeadiately Ethan's room. Largo and Kerensky begin to uncover a scheme by a Russian mafioso/businessman to murder Western businessmen for their money - after they've married Russian girls they meet through an introduction agency. Largo and Kerensky meet a hostess, Cadmilla, at a ice rink.
After a fight , Largo and Kerensky end up in prison. During their stay, Kerensky runs into a number of old acquaintences. Kerensky finds an old 'friend' that he put in jail when he was with the KGB. It's Largo's current girlfriend, CJ Flynn, a famous author in Russia, who bails them going out of prison.
Simon meets Sullivan in