Tabloid newspaper editor-in-chief Dennis Laxford receives an anonymous letter saying that if he publicly announces his first child, Charlotte will be freed. Laxford is at a loss: Charlotte is his first, illegitimate child. It turns out that the girl really disappeared, but her mother, who holds a high position in the government, categorically does not want to involve the police in the search and generally suspects that all this is the work of her former lover with the aim of destroying her career. In this absurd situation, Laxford is forced to turn to forensic expert Simon St. James for help. However, the kidnapper does not want to wait, he again demands to publish an article with Laxford’s confession and this time threatens to kill the girl...