Even after 10 years, Simon Fisk still has trouble dealing with the disappearance of his young daughter and the subsequent suicide of his wife. His atonement was to quit his job as a U.S. Marshall and to use his expertise recovering children taken by their non-custodial parent. However, Simon has made it a rule not to take stranger abduction cases, since it reminds him too much of his own loss.

When the French police request Simon's help after a six- year-old girl disappears from a Paris hotel, he refuses. But Simon's involvement in an earlier case in France ended badly and the police threaten to prosecute if he does not take this case. Simon has no other choice than to search for the missing girl.

In a hunt that takes him from France to Poland, Germany, the Ukraine and finally Belarus, Simon quickly learns trust is an issue as he encounters thieves, gangsters, crooked lawyers and corrupt police. With the assistance of Polish criminal lawyer Ana Staszk, Simon is shocked with what he discovers and how much it will change his life.

Douglas Corleone's GOOD AS GONE is a compelling international thriller filled with lots of nasty characters -- as well as some noble ones. Simon Fisk is an action-hero with immense abilities who gets the job done even though he hates to kill people. Plot development progresses at breakneck speed to a clever resolution.