The mayorβs six-year-old son, Ben Carter, is missingβand Laurenβs brother, Tom, is the main suspect. Lauren knows her brother would never harm anyone, but the police donβt agree. Benβs stepbrother doesnβt agree. The mayor certainly doesnβt agree. To some people in Resurrection Falls, Tom is the freak who, rumor has it, once tried to lure a kid into the woods.
But if Tom is innocent, why was he lurking around outside the mayorβs house the night Ben disappeared? And why has he also vanished? After teaming up with Tomβs friend, Grady, a computer enthusiast and part-time hacker, Lauren decides that rather than try to prove Tomβs innocence, they should simply give the police some more options. Because everyone, even the mayorβs apparently perfect family, has secrets.