Missing someone? lost track of most people you ever knew? Elaine golden hat. she and Ruthie were as close as sisters once. then strange things began to happen and one day 6 years ago Ruthie was gone. now there's something and caught in a dreary marriage Elaine longs for the old special friendship. when she sees an ad in a local paper something plaguing you? Eliza Pyrex investigation investigates! she decides to hire Eliza to find her lost friend Eliza soon discovers that Ruthie's disappearance is steeped in mystery and danger. with her fellow Oakland detective Denise and her lover the beautiful honor at her side and Liza looks for Ruthie and run smack into Elaine's bearish husband a phantom psychiatrist who stocks like a cat and much more than her she bargained for.