Desperate parents Dedo and Carlotta Klatt search for their missing daughter months after her disappearance. Frustrated by the police's inability to find her, they investigate their neighbors, uncovering dark secrets behind closed doors.

Quando Ruby presencia uma cena chocante em Maxton Hall (uma escola particular), o arrogante milionário James Beaufort se vê obrigado a fazer um acordo com a bolsista inteligente. O intuito dele é silenciar Ruby, mas a troca de farpas entre eles acaba acendendo uma faísca.

Literary adaptation: a handsome youth of humble origins rises in society through his connections made as an elevator attendant in a luxury hotel.