Loose Cannon

A peace accord is due to be signed in Jerusalem in two weeks'' time but it is threatened when a Boeing airliner leased by charity organization Dove International catches fire and crashes in the Mediterranean killing one hundred and fifty-five people. Political and commercial powers fearing that charges of sabotage will enable extremists to wreck the frail truce frustrate investigations and blame the crash on pilot or mechanical failure. It is left to individuals - the pilot''s brother and ex-girlfriend a forensic psychiatrist a Roman policeman an FBI investigator and a Mossad agent - to challenge authority and track down the criminals endangering world peace.