Autumn Reiniger expects something special for her twenty-first birthday.
Daddy's already bought her the sports car, the apartment, and admission
to the private college where she parties away her weekends. Now she
wants excitement, and she's going to get it.
Her father signs up Autumn and five friends for an "ultimate urban
reality" game: a simulated drug deal, manhunt, and jailbreak. It's a
high-priced version of cops and robbers, played with fake guns and fast
cars on the streets of San Francisco. Edge Adventures alerts the SFPD
ahead of time that a "crime simulation" is underway, so the authorities
can ignore the squealing tires and desperate cries for help.
Which is convenient for the gang of real kidnappers zeroing in on their
target and a mammoth payday. Because Daddy doesn't know that someone has
spotted his hedge fund's bulging profits, and the path to those riches
runs right through Daddy's Little Girl.
Working on a case nearby is forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett and her
partner, Gabe Quintana. When the pair encounters a suspicious group of
men carting six sullen college kids to the woods for a supposed
wilderness adventure, alarm bells ring. Jo takes a closer look and winds
up with an invite to Autumn Reiniger's twenty-first birthday party--a
party she may never leave.
