Arriving in Paris to stay with her brother Ben, Jess learns that he has gone missing, and to find him, starts digging into his life, realizing even though she has come to the City of Lights to escape her past, it's his future hanging in the balance.

Private investigator Aimee Leduc is entangled in a dangerous web of international spycraft, post-colonial Franco-African politics and neighborhood secrets in Paris's 12th arrondissement.

Searching for the man she impulsively eloped with years ago to have their marriage annulled, London milliner Vivian Tremont arrives in Paris where she and her best friend get involved in the search for a masterpiece stolen by a master of deception.