Since Sandy Shortt's childhood classmate disappeared twenty years ago, Sandy has been obsessed with missing things. Finding what is lost becomes her single-minded goal--whether it's the sock that vanished in the washing machine, the car keys she misplaced, or the graver issue of finding people who have vanished from their loved ones. Sandy dedicates her work to finding these missing people, offering devastated families a flicker of hope.

Jack Ruttle is one of those desperate people. It's been a year since his brother Donal vanished into thin air, and he thinks Sandy Shortt could well be the answer to his prayers. But when Sandy goes missing too, she stumbles upon the place-and people--she's been looking for all her fife. A world away from her loved ones and the home she ran from for so long, Sandy soon resorts to her old habit again, searching. This time, though,she is desperately trying to find her way home...