In the early morning hours, twelve-year-old Tammy Fitzgerald is kidnapped from her bedroom in her family home.
We learn in the end that loyalty, truth, and trust prevail over crime and greed..
We watch as Taylor, Rick, and Frank struggle to learn the truth behind Tammy\'s Kidnapping and how their efforts lead them to the ultimate armed showdown between Taylor and her friends and the crime lord and his hired guns.
A dangerous crime lord is reputed to be involved with the Kidnapping and to own various local law enforcement agencies.
Taylor feels that Frank, too, would be helpful to her efforts.
Taylor also has a childhood friend, Frank Diaz, who has become a police officer in the Haven-Newton Police Department.
To Taylor, he seems to be the perfect person to help with her investigation.
During the first day of class, her professor, Richard (Rick) Miller, tells the class that he has been working as a DA in Haven and has experience in criminal investigations.
Constitution at the local Junior College in Newton.
When we join the story, Taylor has enrolled in a survey class covering the U.
S.
The Kidnapping takes place shortly after the Fitzpatrick family moves into its new home.
He wound up with the largest house in the new subdivision.
Don Fitzpatrick, Tammy\'s father, is instrumental in extending the interstate highway from Haven to Newton and building a large subdivision along the way known as Haven Lakes.
In the past, one could only reach Newton by a narrow and dangerous mountain pass road.
Newton is an isolated farming community.
Haven is a bustling commercial center.
Our story takes place in the California desert, primarily in two towns, Haven and Newton.
After a few months, she is beginning to run out of options.
As a seventeen-year-old, Taylor, with no family connections and a relationship with a local biker gang, is not taken seriously.
She refuses to believe that Tammy is dead and embarks upon a one-person crusade to find out the truth.
She is just seventeen years old.
At the time of the kidnapping, Taylor Shaw is Tammy\'s babysitter.
Several months pass, and the child is declared dead.
No body is found.
No ransom demand is made.
In the early morning hours, twelve-year-old Tammy Fitzgerald is kidnapped from her bedroom in her family home
