Linwood Barclay 
Fear The Worst 

Seventeen-year-old Sydney Blakes summer is shaping up to be typical for a teenager: shes spending it with her father, and she has landed a part-time job at a local hotel. One night, Syd fails to come home from her shift, and her father Tim is a bit alarmed. However, that alarm turns to full-on panic after he visits the Just Inn Time hotel and the manager claims that Syd has never worked there. Grilling his daughters friends for clues leads Tim nowhere except to threats against his life and as he frantically chases every lead, he cant help but wonder if Syd is even still alive. Despite a growing list of unanswered questions, all Tim knows for certain is that he must continue searching for his daughter no matter how high the stakes become.