One humid summer night in Gibraltar, lawyer Spike Sanguinetti arrives home to find an old friend, Solomon Hassan, waiting on his doorstep.Solomon is on the run, accused of a brutal murder in Tangiers.He has managed to skip across the Straits but the Moroccan authorities want him back.Spike travels to Tangiers to try to delay Solomon's extradition, and there meets a beautiful Bedouin girl.Zahra is investigating the disappearance of her father, a trail which leads mysteriously back to Solomon.Questioning how well he really knows his friend, Spike finds himself drawn into a dangerous game of secrets, corruption and murderous lies.