Matthew Rutherford is an extremely wealthy financier who, for some unknown reason, mysteriously vanished years ago. Speculation about his whereabouts has been common ever since, and there is even some doubt about whether he’s still alive. As a favour to a dying colleague who had been following the story, investigative journalist Lucinda Long, decides to try and find out what happened. Her quest leads her to various locations around the world as well as within the UK. Her eventual uncovering of the story is as surprising and tragic as anything she has seen in a long career.