Joe Tyler is done with investigations. Or at least he tells himself he is. He has a new job teaching history at the local high school, and his daughter, Elizabeth, is no longer at home, as she's living nearby, in her third year of college. But something isn’t right. Not with Joe…and not with Elizabeth, either. When Mike Lorenzo asks Joe for help in finding his missing nephew, Joe doesn’t turn him down. He owes Mike, for favors too numerous to mention, and as his search for the kid intensifies, he realizes he’s looking for more than just clues to solve this particular case. He’s looking for answers to bigger questions, questions he didn’t even know he was asking. And Elizabeth is, too.