A missing patient is a hospital ward's worst nightmare – until even more people disappear . . .To Senior Midwife Lucy Ryuan, pregnancy is not an unusual condition, it's her life's work. But when two kidnappings and a vicious stabbing happen on her watch, her focus abruptly changes.Something has to be done, and Lucy is fearless enough to try. As rumours and accusations fly around Manhattan, Lucy teams up with a skeptical NYPD detective to solve the case. But the truth is far more twisted than either of them could ever have imagined.