Vanishing Ladies

by Richard Marsten and TurtleMe

Book Overview

A peaceful lake, a cabin in the country, and each other... It looked as though it was going to be an idyllic holiday for Phil Colby and his fiancee Anne. But then Anne disappears from her motel room,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451070690
• ISBN13: 9780451070692
• Release Date: July 1976
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Taut tart mystery tale

This was originally published in the sixties undr the pen name of "Richard Marsten" and it is polished diamond bright piece of sheer machine tooled professionalism by a master of crime fiction at the peak of his powersCop"Phil Colby"is going on vacation with "Ann"his fianceeand things begin to go awry even during their outward journey when a cop gives them a wholly unjustified speeding ticket.This a mere bagatelle compared to what happens next as "Ann"goes missing soon after they check into their hotel (separate rooms--this is pre-permissive era crime fiction after all)The desk clerk denies she was ever there and the cop insists he did not hand out a speeding ticketColby calls in help from his own department and the case is cracked by a colleague"Tony Mitchell"You'll have to read it to discover hoew and read it you should for this is crisp,sleek and thoroughly engrossing with an edge of mounting paranoia that grips like a pit bullThe female of the species turns out more deadly than the male in a crisp modern noir.Cynical and bleak in its view of urban moralityRead it please- you deserve a treat