十三年前在一个繁忙的西海岸码头,美丽的金发女理劳拉发现她可爱的三岁女儿失踪了。在这几年以来,劳拉遭受了很多内疚。多年后,劳拉·帕丁顿与丈夫离婚,她想要重新开始她的生活,多年以后,她成为一名有名的律师,并找到一个新的合作伙伴:雅各布,他也失去了一个孩子, 可能失踪的孩子寻找工作使劳拉与青少年雅各布更深接触,起初,当劳拉遇见雅各布的时候,他似乎是完美的人物,雅各布告诉劳拉,她必须从女儿的失踪痛苦的生活里走出来重新开始。Richard and Laura Paddington's good marriage broke down as she could not come to terms with the abduction of their four-year-old daughter, Zoe. Fourteen years later, she is a regular attorney and finds a new partner: Jacob Nyholm, who also lost a kid, in a support group. Then, possible missing children volunteer work brings Laura into contact with teenager Rebecca, who "exactly" fits Zoe's description, but has a very vague story. Retired FBI agent Garwin, formerly in charge of Zoe's case, is not as easily convinced as blindly eager Laura and uncovers a cynical plot.