Thirteen-year-old Johnny Merrimon has to face things no boy his age should face. In the year since his twin sister\'s abduction his world has fallen apart: his father has disappeared and his fragile mother is spiralling into ever deeper despair.Johnny keeps strong. Armed with a map, a bike and a flashlight, he stalks the bad men of Raven County. The police might have given up on Alyssa; he never will. Someone, somewhere, knows something they\'re not telling.Only one person looks out for Johnny. Detective Clyde Hunt shares his obsession with the case. But when Johnny witnesses a hit-and-run and insists the victim was killed because he\'d found Alyssa, even Hunt thinks he\'s lost it.And then another young girl goes missing . . .