Die hübsche Sandra Jones verschwindet spurlos und lässt als einzige Zeugin ihre kleine Tochter zurück, und als Hauptverdächtigen ihren Mann Jason. Vom ersten Moment spürt Detective Sergeant D.D. Warren, dass etwas im Bild des normalen, hart arbeitenden jungen Paares nicht stimmt. Jason scheint in erster Linie erpicht, sich und seine Tochter zu isolieren, Beweise zu vernichten anstatt seine geliebte Frau zu suchen. Was verbirgt er? Schwebt das kleine Mädchen in Gefahr? This is what happened in the last six hours of the world as I knew it ... It was a case guaranteed to spark a media feeding frenzy - a young mother, blonde and pretty, disappears without trace from her South Boston home, leaving behind her four-year-old daughter as the only witness, and her handsome, secretive husband as the prime suspect. But from the moment Detective Sergeant D. D. Warren arrives at the Joneses' snug little bungalow, she senses something off about the picture of wholesome normality the couple worked so hard to create. On the surface, Jason and Sandra Jones are like any other hardworking young couple raising a child. But just under the surface things grow murkier. With the clock ticking on the life of a missing woman and the media firestorm building, Jason Jones seems more intent on destroying evidence and isolating his daughter than on searching for his "beloved" wife. Is the perfect husband trying to hide his guilt - or just trying to hide? And will the only witness to the crime be the killer's next victim?