my name is Cassandra Riley and I don't live anywhere. at least that's what I tell people when I say ask. Joy globetrotting Spanish translating amateur detective Cassandra Riley and there's high spirited comic thriller said in Barcelona home of the celebrated architect Antonio Gotti. well translating it magic realism novel about search for a lost mother Cassandra gets a call in London from San Francisco femme fatale Frankie Stevens and Frankie's husband's been has vanished without a Trace but Frankie thinks he's in Barcelona and she wants Cassandra to find him. Cassandra is soon on the trail of the Lewis of Ben but well as a mysterious foot therapist named April Charlotte and a sax player reputed to be from Prague from the CD bars of Barcelona red light district to The dreamlike gardens of God he's par girl Cassandra chases people of all persuasions and motives in this madcap camper where appearances are always deceptive.