Into Temptation

NewYork City, where the chic and commonplace clash along busy streets that make the perfect place to pursue a man.

"OH MY, MY, but the man is even more dishy in the skin," Lindy Gardner said to no one in particular as she focused the digital-cam binoculars.

The device had been designed to look like a pair of stylish sunglasses, so she didn't concern herself with the passersby on the street, but zoomed in on the tall blonde leaving the ritzy Piazza Hotel.

Joshua Benedict aka Stuart Temple. Approximately thirty-eight years old.

Origins: unknown.

Current residence: Nice, France.

Occupation: Fixer.

She produced the man's stats by rote, but peering through those lenses, Lindy didn't see a familiar image from the surveillance photos the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, had collected during recent months.