Retired PI Leo Kaiser is drowning in bad coffee and existential dread when a desperate uncle hires him to find his missing niece, Maya. The trail leads from Poughkeepsie diners to an enigmatic predator who collects lost girls like precious artifacts. With a bumbling journalism student as his unlikely sidekick, Kaiser must outsmart a charming monster who's always three steps ahead. A gritty, humorous, and deeply human story about what we owe the people the world has forgotten—and whether one old man can still make a difference.
