Pretty Little Horses

Predator or prey? On the Internet, how can you tell?Private investigator Abby Maxon already has her hands full this Christmas. Newly divorced, Abby wants to spend a quiet holiday at home with her teenage daughter forging new traditions that don't include Abby's ex and his new girlfriend. But when an old college friend begs Abby to find a missing girl, she can't say no.Pretty Rachel Ellison, fifteen years old, was playing a flirtatious game of "let's pretend" over the Internet with Abby's friend, a married man who swears he did nothing wrong other than fall in love. Abby's only clue: the missing figurine of a horse taken from the girl's bedroom.The case strikes home when Abby's daughter asks permission to visit an out-of-state friend. A boy she's only spoken to online.