Florence Darrow has always felt she was destined for greatness, but after a disastrous affair with her married boss, she starts to doubt herself. All that changes when she sets off for Morocco with the reclusive author Maud Dixon. Amidst the colorful streets of Marrakesh and the wind-swept beaches of the coast, Florence begins to feel she's leading the sort of cosmopolitan life she deserves. But in this "sharp, unpredictable and enormously entertaining" novel (Washington Post), when Florence wakes up in the hospital after a car accident, with no memory of the previous night—and no sign of Maud—a dangerous idea begins to take form.