When her notorious, hilarious, volatile, talented, troubled and agoraphobic mother goes missing, teenage Bee begins a trip that takes her to the ends of the earth to find her.
As enemies plan an unprecedented attack on American soil, Washington is gripped by uncertainty and fear as rumors spread of a traitor in the cabinet and the president himself comes under suspicion, before he goes missing.
When his neighbor and fellow commuter, Kit, goes missing, a man becomes a suspect in his disappearance after another passenger saw them arguing and the police believe he had a reason to want Kit dead.