The Stringbook

An adolescent daughter is missing. Harriet and Lyman Todd are certain Susan has been abducted. As the hours drag on without a ransom demand, they bury their darkest fear, instead concentrating on the possibility it is a revenge kidnapping.
Lyman, who heads a campaigning metro newspaper, has during a long career undoubtedly angered many. Harriet, also a journalist and a former soldier, has unspoken reasons to fear reprisal.
Law enforcement interviews neighbor and family friend Matthew MacCready on several occasions. Attempting to refocus the investigation and take the heat off of himself, the high schooler mounts modest efforts and enquires. Preternaturally perceptive, he soon meanders into secrets of the past. Secrets that have placed the lives of Susan and her family at risk.