When true crime podcaster Mercy St. Claire's best friend Alice gets kidnapped, it forces her to seek help from her beloved professor Mark Thoreau, a renowned former police criminologist. Together, Mark and Mercy delve deeper into the case of Alice's disapperance, only to discover several jelaously guarded secrets in the process. As Mark becomes more and more fascinated with his brilliant and driven student, he tries desperately to fight feelings that he knows are far out of bounds. The stress. and the grief of a difficult case, however, have a way of bringing people together even when they know it's forbidden.