Friendly cop Kurtis Mazhari calls a marker on Shade and Angie to clear, without formal investigation, a friend who could get in big trouble over the escape from police custody of a brilliant young professional magician. They soon find he staged it cunningly, and trace two smuggling lines to Mexico, involving drugs for his terminal girl friend and Precolumbian artifacts for a devote collector. Shade can barely concentrate on his detective career, being expected to switch focus to his ex Becca's 'dream job offer' co-hosting a morning show in banter style.
—KGF Vissers