A CIA-trained expert in child abduction, Erin Bates is called in to investigate the disappearance of a nine-year-old boy from a Washington, D.C., suburb--a crime that bears a startling
resemblance to her own sister's kidnapping years before--and teams up with FBI agent Alec Donovan to find the missing boy and uncover an underground conspiracy that barters in human lives.
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