Concerned by a parent’s behavior toward his adopted daughter, recently demoted NYPD Detective Christine Levy uncovers a murder that leads to the disappearance of a teenage girl and a manhunt for her physically abusive father.

Once again teamed with homicide detective Frank Flynn, their investigation leads the detectives into the dark and reckless world of re-homing; a shadowy but legal practice where children are simply given away with the stroke of a pen.