Susan Walsh is a devoted mother working on a career in journalism but supporting herself as an exotic dancer. So when she disappears, there is no shortage of suspects. She has published an article exposing a cult of wannabe vampires living in Manhattan. And she was also investigating New Jersey strip joints owned by the Russian mob. Then there was the jealous ex boyfriend who stalked her and was connected to a Mafia underboss. Meanwhile, she and her son shared a house with her resentful estranged husband.