Third Degree — Peter Nelson

When a teenage amateur sleuth accompanies her best friend on a road trip to find her missing boyfriend, they drive straight into a small-town conspiracy.
 
With her BFF in a panic over her boyfriend's disappearance, Mollie Fox decides she and Roberta need to take matters into their own hands if they hope to find Jaime alive. But soon after driving to the small town where Jaime was last seen, the two girls realize they may as well have taken a road trip to the Twilight Zone. For one thing, everyone in the town of Lost Camp, California, from the sketchy sheriff to the local news outfit, seems more concerned about a missing wallaby than the teenage boy who vanished into the canyon without a trace. Then there's the gang of bikers who appear to have taken over Lost Camp, striking fear into the hearts of anyone who dares question them -- or what exactly they are growing in their private “corn field.” Mollie is certainly glad when her boyfriend Johnny shows up to lend his support. Until it becomes all too clear that Jaime's disappearance is tied to the terror that has taken over the town. And that it's very possible they may never find him -- or even make it out of Lost Camp alive . . .