 Set in contemporary (late 1980 s) Madrid, Erin Wainwright is an American journalist covering the Middle East. Escaping war-torn Beirut, Erin arrives at her paper s bureau in Madrid, burned out and ready to return stateside. In Madrid, she encounters old friends, and an old love Robert Minelli, a famed British photo-journalist. Still stinging from their failed romance, Erin and Robert find themselves thrown together to investigate the disappearance of her best friend, documentary filmmaker Jonathan Taylor.