The mayorтАЩs six-year-old son, Ben Carter, is missingтАФand LaurenтАЩs brother, Tom, is the main suspect. Lauren knows her brother would never harm anyone, but the police donтАЩt agree. BenтАЩs stepbrother doesnтАЩt agree. The mayor certainly doesnтАЩt 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 mayorтАЩs house the night Ben disappeared? And why has he also vanished? After teaming up with TomтАЩs friend, Grady, a computer enthusiast and part-time hacker, Lauren decides that rather than try to prove TomтАЩs innocence, they should simply give the police some more options. Because everyone, even the mayorтАЩs apparently perfect family, has secrets.