Buck is hired by a wealthy widow to find the daughter she gave up for adoption decades ago. The quest takes him to the West, where he finds the family tree has rot in it, but with one redemption.

• This mystery has no villain. 

• A wealthy, elderly Coral Gables woman wants Buck to find the baby that she gave away from an unplanned pregnancy when she was a teenager. 

• It’s theme of finding lost children for redemption is near to my heart. 

• The quest takes Buck to the Southwest where he encounters corruption and depravity, but some solid citizens as well—and a special child.

• The plot makes Buck wonder if he and Cyndi will ever marry and have a family.

• a. Confidence in or reliance on some quality or attribute of a person or thing, or the truth of a statement.  2. Confident expectation of something; hope.

• 6. Law. The confidence reposed in a person in whom the legal ownership of property is vested to hold or use for the benefit of another—Oxford English Dictionary (online)