Rima Lanisell has a habit of losing things - car keys, sunglasses, lovers, family members. Following the death of Rimas father, she goes to stay with her godmother Addison, a wildly successful, albeit eccentric, mystery writer. Addisons beach house seems the place to make sense of Rimas loss, yet she is soon caught up in a mystery of her own. Who stole a small and highly valuable object from Addisons kitchen? Why is Rima corresponding with an obsessive fan, using someone elses family name? Most importantly: what exactly was the relationship between Addison and Rimas father, and why did Addison name a murderer after him in one of her novels? This is a funny, sad and wise literary mystery from the author of The Jane Austen Book Club.