Abandoned by their mother at a young age, the Peters sisters, Ali, Mer and Cassie, have formed a tight bond in their new home in Germany with their father. When the eldest, Ali, moves away from home for college they slowly grow apart and Cassie, the youngest sister, decides it is time to track down their long-lost mother.

The decision begins a sequence of tragic events that will change the lives of all of them. Set between Ireland and Europe in the 1970s and '80s, The Hijacking Of Cassie Peters is a story of love, tragedy and hope.