Kelly Brady Channick
On a quiet summer night, in the peaceful seaside town of Asbury, a local girl is kidnapped from her home.That very same day, a car thief is chased through an empty car lot, narrowly escaping from their teenage pursuer.Can the two be connected?Once again, it’s up to Asbury’s favorite, fearless foursome to find out.Carly, Maddie, Pilot and Cornelious enter the summer before their junior year ready for normalcy. After a few weeks of calm, it seems that Carly may finally have the drama-free summer of her dreams-other than her boyfriend returning from his two-week vacation hotter than ever, drawing interest from her peers.Just as Asbury is lulled into a sense of serenity, tragedy strikes when a local six-year-old is kidnapped from her home...with no sign of a break-in, no ransom, and no reason. While the town is desperate to find the missing girl, car parts from Maddie’s father’s shop suddenly go missing, and the gang begins to wonder if the two are connected. With little faith in law enforcement, and prodding from Maddie’s younger siblings, the gang finds themselves at the center of the investigation.Unfortunately, solving both cases isn’t so easy, as the gang must work around the continually growing criminal enterprise of the Pitbulls, the constant construction occurring around town from Governor Gibbz’s Grant, as well as their changing feelings towards each other. When Maddie and Cornelious begin to sense their friendship might be more than what they realize, jealousies arise as the teens garner attention from others.With all these distractions, can the foursome save the missing girl and figure out who is stealing from Petrozza Auto? 3
