8 oz.; 303 pages; 1st Harper Paperback PB unread? Lightly aged w/shelf edge wear. Los Palos Hills, with its winding suburban streets, is a world away from the violent inner city. But the gang of violent teens who are holding Dan Messina's wife and family hostage have crossed the line. Dan has until the banks close to raise a quarter of a million dollars, or he will hear nothing on his car phone but his family's screams. What was a world away is now a living nightmare he can't escape. A world he doesn't understand will now teach him to make ugly and dangerous choices.