When Travis Delaney's parents die in a car crash, Travis is devastated. In a bid to pull himself out of his grief, he starts to look into the last case they were investigating at the private investigation agency they ran. What starts as a minor distraction soon becomes a sinister, unbelievable mystery—and Travis is determined to solve it. Why were his parents looking for a missing boy when the boy's family says he isn't missing? As Travis searches for answers, he starts to have the chilling realization that the question he should be asking is the one he most wants to avoid: Was the accident that killed his parents really what it seemed?
Fourteen-year-old Travis Delaney is trying to get his life back on track following the crash that killed his parents last summer. The police called it an accident, but Travis knows better. His parents were on to something, and whatever they were investigating ended with their murder. Since Travis's Grandad took over Delaney & Co, things have finally started to look up. But when his private investigation partner, Courtney, is attacked following a routine inquiry into a local business, Travis can't help but get involved, and what he discovers draws him into more danger than he ever could have imagined.
Following a death-defying escape from the hands of a criminal overlord, young PI Travis Delaney thinks he might finally be getting closer to finding out who killed his parents, and why. But things are about to get a whole lot more deadly. One moment Travis is trapped in an armed face-off in the offices of Delaney & Co, private investigators. The next, terrorists have stormed the building and he's been abducted. As the truth begins to emerge, Travis is faced with the ultimate dilemma: How do you choose between saving your own life or saving the life of someone you love?