Paris: the most beautiful city in the world. At the end of a European business trip, Jack Morgan, the founder and owner of Private, the renowned global security and investigative agency, stops by Private's Paris office, where he envisions a quick hello during an otherwise relaxing stay filled with fine food and sightseeing. But he is quickly pressed into duty after a call from his client Sherman Wilkerson, asking Jack to track down his wayward young granddaughter, who is on the run from a brutal drug dealer. Before Jack can locate her, several members of France's cultural elite are found dead--murdered in stunning, symbolic fashion. The single link between the crimes is a mysterious graffiti tag that leaves the French authorities in need of Private's help--whether they want to admit it or not. As tensions simmer in the City of Light, only Jack and his elite Private team can connect the dots before the smoldering powder keg explodes.