A beautiful, grief-stricken woman has vanished without a trace. So has the detective hired to find her. So has a pile of money. . .

Enter tough-nosed Boston private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. Rooted in the streets of blue-collar Dorchester, they've seen it all—and survived. But this gripping missing person case leads them into unexpected territory: a place of lies and corruption, where trusting anyone could get them killed, and where nothing is sacred.