Confidence Tate and her assistant, ex-rapper Jay-Ray, investigate the case of a missing clean-cut young man with a promising future and no apparent secrets who never showed up for a music festival.
His disappearance fails to ring any bells with anyone but his tattooed and efficient cousin, who hires Connie to find him, and his in-denial employer, who wants him back. The team looks in all the usual places and some unusual ones, with nothing to go on but a mysterious key and a fleeting glimpse of a female friend.
Will the family provide any clues? Will a local police detective's grudging assistance-only if it doesn't take him out of his office-prove helpful in any way?
Meanwhile, Connie's relationship with the hot Irish federal prosecutor heats up.
Protection is Book 2 of Tate vs. Fate, a series of murder-free mysteries.