Eight years removed from the end of communism, Westerners flock to the former Hapsburg Empire hub when tragedy strikes. A British student at the international business school is missing, and her American boyfriend is desperate to find her.

Enter former NYC detective and current Private Investigator Peter Andrassy, whom the boyfriend has hired to find the missing woman. A gifted interrogator, Peter quickly identifies holes in the young man's story. He worries this case might hit too close to home as he fights to repair a broken heart.

As Peter delves deeper into the investigation, he realizes the disappearance may relate to an infidelity case he is simultaneously working. Did the missing woman have a secret? Peter may have to risk his life to find out.