Seventeen-year-old Sydney Blake's summer is shaping up to be typical for a teenager: she's spending it with her father, and she has landed a part-time job at a local hotel. One night, Syd fails to come home from her shift, and her father Tim is alarmed.

That alarm turns to full-on panic after he visits the Just Inn Time hotel and the manager claims that Syd has never worked there. Grilling his daughter's friends for clues leads Tim nowhere — except to threats against his life —and as he frantically chases every lead, he can't help but wonder if Syd is even still alive.

Despite a growing list of unanswered questions, all Tim knows for certain is that he must continue searching for his daughter —no matter how high the stakes become. (From Anchor Canada)

Linwood Barclay is an American-Canadian thriller writer, with more than 20 books to his credit.

His books include the adult thrillers Broken Promise, A Noise Downstairs, Elevator Pitch and the middle-grade novels Escape and Chase.