Kate's lover has abandoned her to go live in the wilderness and recover from her crippling injuries (A Grave Talent) and her partner is getting married. Kate has befriended Jules, the precocious 12-year old daughter of her partner's fiancee, and undertaken a quixotic quest (don't you just love alliteration?) on her behalf. When Jules chooses to stay with Kate during Al and Jani's honeymoon, the child vanishes without a trace from a hotel room somewhere in the Pacific Northwest - Portland, I think. Kate can't hang on to anyone. Of course, to add a little chill, there is a serial killer murdering girls of her description in the vicinity.
In spite of the title, Kate spends much more of the story without child than with. There are references to Barry's "lost boys" and that seems to be a subtext for the entire story. Homelessness again, but this time specifically lost (or discarded) children.
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