In The Guardian, Bill Eidson has crafted a thriller that shows the chilling consequences of random violence hitting home in a quiet suburb. Set in the Boston area, this book takes off like a rocket in the first chapter. Eleven-year-old Janine Stearns and her parents stop into a convenience store to buy ice cream. Moments later a masked gunman walks in, robs the store, shoots the clerk, and, seeing her father's BMW, kidnaps Janine. What begins as a coincidence coalesces into a whole world of dark interconnections and horrifying possibilities. Nothing is as it appears. It is left to Ross Sterns, Janine's uncle and guardian, to rescue Janine and end the nightmare of senseless violence.