Plot synopsis The Key to Midnight

lisa chelgrin senator s daughter. has had entire life erased , true past blocked. imposed , new fake identity named joanna rand. detective, alex hunter, hired track lisa down, finds nothing. years later goes on vacation , out of blue finds himself in kyoto, japan. walks lounge act , on stage discovers lisa chelgrin. name different , older, working nightclub owner , singer. nevertheless detective knows her. sends dead-case file, , private employed messenger killed delivering it. watching him , lisa.

at same time, person known doctor (inamura) trying find way around lisa s memory block, , assumes there password or pass-phrase remove , allow access lisa s true memories. under hypnosis, however, lisa can repeat phrase tension, apprehension, , dissension have begun instead of answering questions true past. after first series of events, both of main characters try deal pasts in order survive future.