Join globe-trotting Spanish translator and amateur detective Cassandra Reilly in this engaging comic thriller set in Barcelona, home of Gaudí's dreamlike architecture. While translating a magic realism novel about the search for a lost mother, Cassandra gets a call in London from San Franciscan femme fatale Frankie Stevens. Frankie's husband, Ben, has vanished without trace, but Frankie is convinced he's in Barcelona... Cassandra is soon on the trail of the elusive Ben, as well as the mysterious foot therapist, April Schauer, and the sax player reputed to be from Prague. From the seedy bars of Barcelona's red-light district to the spacious gardens of Park Güell, Cassandra chases people of all persuasions and motives, where appearances are always deceptive.