Books with title Mysterious Disappearances

From the Newbery Award-winning author of THE WESTING GAME, more clever riddles and wordplay, clues to be found, and mysteries to be solved!Glub! Blub!Mrs. Caroline "Little Dumpling" Carillon isn't quite sure what to expect when she sets off to meet her husband, Leon. After all, she hasn't seen him since their wedding when she was five and he was seven. But their reunion is cut short when a storm knocks him off their boat, and he disappears completely, leaving only one very waterlogged clue (Glub! Blub!). Will Dumpling be able to find Leon (or is it Noel) again? And just what is a glub blub?

From the Newbery Award-winning author of THE WESTING GAME, more clever riddles and wordplay, clues to be found, and mysteries to be solved!Glub! Blub!Mrs. Caroline "Little Dumpling" Carillon isn't quite sure what to expect when she sets off to meet her husband, Leon. After all, she hasn't seen him since their wedding when she was five and he was seven. But their reunion is cut short when a storm knocks him off their boat, and he disappears completely, leaving only one very waterlogged clue (Glub! Blub!). Will Dumpling be able to find Leon (or is it Noel) again? And just what is a glub blub?

A dependable Karen mysteriously disappears when she is supposed to meet a friend for a fun and casual picnic. A detective shows up to investigate and goes through the house, taking a lot of notes as he searches to uncover clues to her whereabouts. Karen’s friend, Victoria tells what she can about her friend's disappearance. Meanwhile, Karen is afraid of a group whose underhanded illegal dealings she accidentally uncovered. The detective uncovers evidence of Karen’s innocence and realizes she is not guilty but may be in danger. The detective uncovers enough evidence to prove her innocence and the guilt of those involved; He decides on a course of action and sets out to bring Karen in as witness to the trial. She agrees to trust him and they all work together to expose the truth...

Gordon Holmes has a happy method in the way he talks to his readers. He takes something for granted instead of spinning out to a fine point every single idea.He gives us two diametrically opposite characters in his two detectives—the Scotland Yard man and the amateur. Then he gives his readers the same clues the detectives have in Lady Dyke's disappearance.No reader can resist the subtle invitation to speculate as to what has happened and is going to happen. It is a most involved tangle.

In this day and age of technology, social media, and supervision, it's difficult to imagine someone vanishing without a trace. This page-turner includes famous disappearances such as expedition crews in search of new territory, ships going missing in the Bermuda Triangle, the lost colony of Roanoke, Amelia Earhart, and the recent case of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. As they read this engrossing resource, readers can decide: were these people's lives tampered with by unexplainable phenomenon?

"Raintree Freestyle" is a range of non-fiction books for the less able or reluctant reader aged between 11 and 14 years. Designed for students with a reading age of 8 and 9 years, these books should enable readers to encounter curriculum-linked topics at an appropriate reading level. The "Out There?" thread enters a world of weird and unexplained events, both famous and less well known. The series looks at aliens, UFOs, monsters, ghosts and other unexplained phenomena. Strange and frightening tales are told, various explanations are examined, and each title ends with an open question that leads readers to make their own minds up.