1) Search Party

There's a kidnapper on the loose with a taste for 16 year-old boys days before their birthday. When embarking on a search for two missing classmates, Casey Casperly and Daniel Oswald find themselves in a slippery situation that ends with one broken leg and one more missing teen.

The stakes get higher when a body is found, and the five day time-frame becomes ever more dire.

It seems the kidnapper has been dabbling in murder...

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