After a date on Halloween, Lainey Emerson disappears, along with a new boyfriend This individual, known only by the nickname of El Captain, is the obvious suspect Bobby Dees, the tenacious special agent of Florida???s crack Crimes Against Children squad, is the one person who may be able to find her and he is both helped and hindered by the fact that he knows only too well how it feels to lose a child But all of his resources are called upon by a nemesis who always seems to be one step ahead ??? and time is running out for the missing girl