Nine-year-old Caroline Wilkes slips away from her brother's ninth grade graduation party, to get a free ticket for a gondola ride at Storm Mountain for his gift, only to disappear. Clue by clue, the police discover it's no ordinary kidnapping and the suspect may be closer to Caroline than anyone ever realized. During a hike near Storm Mountain, Lester Cranshaw and his dogs, Paddy and Patches, are drawn into the sordid mystery by discovering an injured...