"Still reeling from the death of her fiance, Detective Anna Travis has thrown herself into her new role as the chief inspector for London's murder squad. When Scotland Yard's missing persons bureau is unable to locate the son of a court employee, the superintendent--James Langton, Anna's former lover turned sometimes friend--urges her to take on the suspicious assignment. But is this new investigation purely a missing persons case--or a full-blown...

Nearly killed while pursuing a gang of illegal immigrants that murdered a young prostitute, Detective Chief Inspector James Langton is attended by his protege and lover Anna, who discovers an unsettling connection between James's case and one of her own.