JANE DOE 2: NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DONT

Eliminate the impossible, and whatever’s left must be truth, goes the old saw. But what happens when a crime is nothing but impossible?

William Joyner (Robin Thomas, The Contender) head of L.A.’s United Metropolitan Bank security has a predicament. As the initial American tour stop of the Declaration of Independence, the bank now faces the theft of the cherished document. Locked in a protective case, it literally vanished before the guard’s eyes. NSA Bureau Chief, Frank Darnell (Joe Penny, Jake and the Fatman) and Case Officer Helen Morrison (Tamlyn Tomita, The Day After Tomorrow) can’t fathom how the thief unlocked the case, swiped the document, and resealed it in seconds—all without sounding the alarm. That’s why they call undercover NSA Agent Cathy Davis (Lea Thompson, Back to the Future). Unbeknownst to her husband, children, and suburban neighbours, Cathy—code name Jane Doe—is a puzzle solver extraordinaire for NSA. And her solution is a whopper. On display has been a highly sophisticated electronic photograph stolen days ago, which means the thief is long gone.

Cathy—already butting heads with the bitterly competitive Helen—is most curious about Don Henkel, the Stephen Hawking of electronics, who supplied the display case, rigged the alarm, and monitored the ultra-sophisticated security devices, and has now conveniently disappeared. Henkel’s estranged wife Fran doesn’t think her cheating ex has the guts to pull off such a scam. Then comes the ransom call—five million dollars to start—and a scavenger hunt, pay-phone-by-pay-phone sending Cathy on a race against time throughout the city. As the phone games escalate, so does the danger. Fran has been kidnapped, and Don has been found dead. Now it’s an anonymous—and very deadly—puzzle maker against an expert puzzle solver. But even Cathy can’t comprehend where the games will take her.

Unbeatable Jane Doe has met her match as riddle-upon-riddle impedes the most complex investigation of her career.