16 countries, 32 teams, thousands of spectators, a dead American, and Phyllis Ludwigsohn is once again in pursuit of a killer. Some old frienda are back: Eric Mueller, considerably heavier, but her breath still smells like peaches, her six-year old daughter, now a head-strong 16, and Captain Chara deCastro of the Havana policia, her gay impulses held tightly under control (in public). Plus a whole new generation of suspects including Holly McPeak, EY, and Xi Zhang in this novella.