Every available detective hits the streets when a talented 30-year-old vanishes on his bicycle, just weeks after earning his second Masters degree. Detectives Jim Corcoran and Beth Svec must find out whether the missing man could have died in an accident . . . or was kidnapped by an old acquaintance. Detectives Selles Morris and Pam Childs join the search as the team sorts through misinformation and false leads. They must untangle the missing man's past to uncover what really happened to him.

When a young woman and her babies vanish, detectives discover that a second woman and her baby are missing, too, and one man may be responsible for both disappearances. Detectives Lorna Conley, Nannette Ansley, and Pam Childs must use all their skills to solve the double kidnapping.

Detectives Ayanna Corbin and Michael Cochran rush to save a missing mother of four children who's left behind a suicide note. And Detective Bob Berent goes looking for a disoriented and confused woman who's wandering the streets of Chicago--an easy target in the big city.