Three years after her forced retirement from the Newark, New Jersey Police Department following an incident where she was shot, Rosie Castro faced a decision no grandmother should ever have to make. Receiving a phone call informing her that her seven year old granddaughter had been kidnapped, Rosie, a retired detective set out to find the child when the police and FBI were coming up empty. Rosie at forty-six and out of condition had a few things going for her, desire, experience, a childhood friend with the bureau and a grandmother's love. Along with her daughter Juanita, Rosie pursues the kidnappers cross country in her relentless search.