Hunter & Holmes Mystery: The Kidnapping (ePub)

Teenagers Jason Hunter and Daniel Holmes are enjoying the carefree days of summer. Their lives are radically changed when Jason, while walking through City Park in broad daylight, goes missing. There is no sign of a struggle, Jason's cell phone went strangely silent, and no one in the surrounding neighborhoods saw anything. Jason is a bright, athletic, and well-adjusted kid, with no apparent problems in his life, an unlikely runaway. Unfortunately that means that he was kidnapped for ransom or somehow caught up in a crime. Jason is from a middle class family, who are comfortable enough, but not wealthy. No one had been stalking Jason, and Jason didn't even know he was going to City Park until that morning. The police missing person's unit is unable to find any significant clues. The mystery is further compounded by complete silence from the kidnappers, leading the police to fear that he was taken by predators. As the days pass, Jason's parents and friends become increasingly depressed and desperate. When there finally is word from the kidnappers, things are even more confusing! After his release from captivity, Jason has a lot to deal with: the police investigation, his medical condition and need for counseling, the news media, his loss of self-confidence as he deals with the emotional and mental turmoil of being kidnapped, and his puzzlement as he tries to understand why he and his parents were chosen for this crime. His best friend Daniel is angered by the treatment Jason received, because it means that no one is safe until the kidnappers are caught. This puts a real damper on the summer for Jason, Daniel and their friends. Daniel instinctively knows that Jason will never recover from his ordeal until he discovers the 'who' and the 'why' of his kidnapping. Eventually he is able to persuade Jason to check his fears of reliving the horror that he went through and the detective team of Hunter & Holmes was born. But can two amateur detectives succeed in discovering what the police have been unable to find out?