Branch manager of a national travel company, Prudence Peters’ demotion is not the only bad news that begins a week from hell. Offices will close, more work for the remaining agents, lay-offs and  no more raises. But one of Pru’s agents is fired and by week’s end she has disappeared.

Pru arrives at her office the following Monday to find a detective waiting for her. Not only is the fired agent still missing, but the supervisor has been murdered. Fearing the missing agent will be blamed for the murder, Pru sets out to find her, but everything she discovers laps over into the murder case. Head office in Atlanta claims they authorized no firings and fears for their reputation making Pru fear closure of all offices in Oregon. Then her west coast director arrives in town with her own agenda for the offices. Pru is desperate to save her office, her job and find a killer.