Through the mists of London's waterfront, a young woman staggers, unable to remember who she is or how she got here. Across the Atlantic a career housewife boards an airplane, certain that her child is in trouble. For both Delia Sawyer and her daughter, Connie, a college year abroad in London has become a season in hell.

Traumatized by a mysterious event, Connie is adrift, making up each step as she goes along, guarding a fat, blood-stained roll of money in her pocket. Delia finds an indifferent school administration, a list of similarily missing students, two overly helpful men, and a maze of clues and contradictions. What happened to Connie Sawyer? Determined to find out, Delia cannot guess the danger she is courting—that someone close by also wants to find Connie—and make sure that she never remembers a thing.