It's 1983, and a wild weekend at the Jersey shore can lead to serious trouble, or to lifelong happiness. Which is it for newlyweds Alan and Helen Kay Campbell? Alan's father, computer mogul Ian Campbell, didn't really approve when Alan married his Jersey shore girlfriend, but still, he gave the young couple a house as a wedding gift. That was the year before. But now someone has sold the house at a loss for quick cash, and Alan and Helen Kay have vanished. The only clue is a note pad in the kitchen on which someone has repeatedly scribbled a single word: Freak, Freak, FREAK. Worried, Ian Campbell hires New York private detective Dan Fortune, who figures either they've run away for some reason the father doesn't know, which would be typical, or they're victims, perhaps kidnapped, maybe worse. On the hunt, Fortune discovers what he hadn't expected - some strange relationships in Ian Campbell's cutting-edge computer company. Why is the vice president for security trying to find Alan on his own? Plus there are two menacing strangers looking for the pair, too. When Fortune runs into a brutal murder, it's evident Alan and Helen Kay are in danger. From an affluent New Jersey suburb to the resort towns of the Jersey shore and sleazy one-night-stand hotels of mid Manhattan, Fortune tracks the kids to a surprising place - Arizona. Or is it surprising? The case explode into a nightmare of terror, and Fortune fights for his life as he uncovers the true reason for Alan Campbell's disappearance and follows the trail of murder.