The first in an exciting series of YA thrillers from the master of the hook-and-twist. When tragic events tear him away from his parents 15-year-old Mickey Bolitar is sent to live with his estranged uncle Myron. For a while it seems his train wreck of a life is finally improving - until his girlfriend Ashley goes missing without a trace. Unwilling to let another person he cares about walk out of his life Mickey follows Ashleys trail into a seedy underworld revealing a conspiracy so shocking it will leave him questioning everything about the life he thought he knew.