Deputy Wayne Bisard has a bad feeling as he investigates the disappearance of Patricia Artz. He brings Detective Thomas Fiero back to the restaurant Patty owned with her husband, Kevin Lloyd Artz. Kevin is recovering from a recent brain operation, and is working tirelessly to cover up the grisly truth from investigators: that he has killed Patty following the surgery. Bisard and Fiero, not knowing of Patty's fate, must investigate the scene without Kevin's interference to discover the truth of Patricia Artz's murder.

Edith Hallock and Joseph Michel are socialites enjoying all 1950's Acapulco has to offer. Not ones to shy away from being in the public eye, their disappearance is noticed immediately. As authorities struggle to find out what happens, it takes Edith's sister Ruth Hoffman to track their whereabouts through daily correspondence with her sister... and one name keeps coming up, could he be the killer?