Charlie Gavin was abducted as a baby. He didn't know who he was or where he came from. His mission was to find himself. And when he did,he decided to spend his life finding other lost souls by opening the Be Kindly Missing Persons Bureau. Martha Walters, his assistant, has had her fifteen minutes of almost fame and failed. Now, dealing with her guilt and pain, she lives with her mumand dotes on her young daughter. Charlie appears to be a man who is a loser and dreamer, but, hey, his office is near her house, she can lie inof a morning, take her kid to school and the work isn't too heart-breaking. Or is it . . . ? 'A realist, observant and needle-sharp, Isla Dewar can be very funny' – The Times 'Isla is the best, the funniest, the most enjoyable writer in Scotland today' – Robin Pilcher