Smoke Screen — Vincent Patrick

When a renegade Cuban doctor smuggles a devastating virus into the United States, a devious and sophisticated game of international blackmail begins. Called to the carpet, the director of the CIA must devise a ,spectacular deception-a smoke screen-to cover illegal, desperate countermeasures....

Recruited for this mission is the odd-couple team of an ex-New York City cop and an easygoing jewel thief--but only one of them knows what's going on. And when everything goes wrong, the two find themselves as far out in the cold as it's possible to be: hunted by the police and rogue agents of the CIA as time runs out -- and an enraged terrorist prepares to unleash a new black plague....