Maggie Richter

Maggie Richter is the novel’s narrator and protagonist. Her exact age is not stated, but she seems to be in her early thirties. She is originally from Vermont. When she was younger, she aspired to be a journalist. However, when she collaborated with a reporter to expose local drug smuggling operations, her best friend Nikki was killed, because Nikki was involved in the operations, and the other drug smugglers thought that she informed on them. Traumatized, Maggie gave up the dream of being a journalist. She moved to Los Angeles and began working as a writer and editor in the public relations department of a privately owned modern art museum called the Rocque Museum.

Maggie began dating an art gallerist named Greg. However, Greg eventually left her and began dating a well-known artist named Kim Lord. Kim Lord goes missing at the beginning of the novel...