Returning home early from a family holiday trip in England, bookseller Adrien English is expecting a quiet and cozy few days with his favorite person.

Instead he finds trouble waiting at Cloak and Dagger Books—and an old acquaintance desperate for help locating a missing boyfriend.

Adrien may only be an amateur sleuth, but he knows someone who isn’t.

Private investigator Jake Riordan.

As Adrien and Jake begin digging into the disappearance, what first appears to be a simple missing-person case quickly turns darker. Secrets surface, loyalties are tested, and the investigation leads them into far more danger than either expected.