A Heart Never Heals is the story of a girl George sees in a vision. She appeared to George while in Italy working on a case. She was walking out of the Mediterranean Sea. The vision is so vivid that he visits the Vatican to confer with a Cardinal seeking an explanation of what he saw. The Cardinal advises George to start from the very beginning of the events of what brought him to that spot at that time. George relates the details of his journey. When George returns home he finishes the case before he starts on his maddening quest to find his vision.