Description

When Alex Delaware first saw Lauren Teague she was a sullen teenager with the usual problems: bad grades at school moody and uncommunicative with her parents - which is why they thought she needed to see a psychologist. Years later, Laurens mother is pleading for help once again. Lauren has vanished and she thinks Alex can find her. He reluctantly agrees to try, but as he starts to investigate Laurens troubled past, he is drawn into the shadowy worlds of fringe psychological experimentation and LAs seedy sex industry. Sensing that Laurens dark family secrets may hold the key to her disappearance, Alex disregards the advice of his trusted friend, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis, not to get involved. As his quest for the truth beomes an obsession, he is prepared to risk his relationship with long-time lover Robin Castagna, and even his own life...