Bonnie Mak

UN's secretary general uses covert operations to help diplomacy along. Shaw's called back 6 months after one such operation. He witnesses the murder of Chinese UN ambassador at UN, NYC, chases the assassin and ends up a suspect.

Mara, a Romanian nurse, has married one of her patients. She is waiting for US citizenship and is being blackmailed for an alleged sham marriage. She is on her own. Her husband does not help her.