Vanishing Girls

• Author : Lisa Regan
• Publisher : Bookouture
• Release : 17 January 2018

• Author : Lauren Oliver
• Publisher : Hachette UK
• Release : 12 March 2015

Dara and Nick used to be inseparable, but that was before the accident that left Dara's beautiful face scarred and the two sisters totally estranged. When Dara vanishes on her birthday, Nick thinks Dara is just playing around. But another girl, nine-year-old Madeline Snow, has vanished, too, and Nick becomes increasingly convinced that the two disappearances are linked. Now Nick has to find her sister, before it's too late. In this edgy and compelling novel, Lauren Oliver creates a world

• Author : Shane Peacock
• Publisher : Tundra Books
• Release : 13 October 2009

The third case in the compelling Boy Sherlock Holmes series is full of as many twists and turns as the backstreets of Victorian London. When a wealthy young girl vanishes as if by magic in Hyde Park, Sherlock is once again driven to prove himself. In a heart-stopping race against time, an innocent boy’s survival depends on Sherlock’s ability to solve the mysterious puzzle of the Vanishing Girl. As complex as the maze that protects the missing girl’

• Author : Jugal Kishore
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 27 May 2022

On female foeticide; a study from different sources.

• Author : Elspeth Tilley
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 27 May 2022

"The story of the vulnerable white person vanishing without trace into the harsh Australian landscape is a potent and compelling element in multiple genres of mainstream Australian culture. It has been sung in "Little Boy Lost," brought to life on the big screen in Picnic at Hanging Rock, immortalized in Henry Lawson's poems of lost tramps, and preserved in the history books' tales of Leichhardt or Burke and Wills wandering in mad circles."--publisher website.

• Author : Lisa Regan
• Publisher : Bookouture
• Release : 15 January 2020

Three absolutely gripping crime thrillers from Amazon, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Lisa Regan. A detective on the run from a haunting past, Josie Quinn is a strong, feisty and completely unforgettable heroine you’ll instantly adore. Her Final Confession: When the body of a young boy is found on the driveway of a local home, a photograph pinned to his collar, Detective Josie Quinn is first on the scene. The house belongs to Gretchen, a dedicated

• Author : Lisa Regan
• Publisher : Bookouture
• Release : 19 July 2018

• Author : Sally Bond
• Publisher : Archway Publishing
• Release : 08 August 2014

Sally Bond has always tried to live her life by the sailing term "goin' to weather," denoting a boat captain and crew driving a racing sailboat hard, fast, and efficiently into a headwind. As an outdoor enthusiast, Bond believes that drive and determination, channeled toward worthy goals, are the ingredients of success, even in the face of tough challenges. Bond weaves American history into an engaging, chronological account of her life that begins with her childhood growing up in a

• Author : Katia Lief
• Publisher : Harper Collins
• Release : 26 June 2012

“I can always count on Katia Lief for gripping, twist-filled psychological suspense.” —Wendy Corsi Staub “Mesmerizing….Your heart will be pounding.” —Lisa Gardner When Katia Lief first introduced readers to her protagonist, haunted ex-New York City cop Karin Schaeffer, in the chilling mystery masterwork You Are Next, she immediately established herself as a modern thriller and romantic suspense writer on a par with Alex Kava, Lisa Gardner and other masters of the contemporary spine-tingler. Lief moves to the head of

• Author : Vikas Khatri
• Publisher : Pustak Mahal
• Release : 06 April 2006

Haunted castles, headless apparitions, psychic experiences and invisible moanings - if these fascinate you, then read on. This book, as the title suggests, is a spell-binding, spine-chilling compilation of ghostly, out-of-this-world experiences. Be it the middle of an ocean, a secluded castle in the mountains or a sentried jailhouse, ghosts - both friendly and evil - have managed to gain entry to the most improbable places and scared the wits out of hapless multitudes.Believe them or not, the Mummy

• Author : Lisa Regan
• Publisher : Bookouture
• Release : 28 November 2018

Watching her friend dragged away in handcuffs, Josie couldn't believe for one second that Gretchen had killed that poor boy. Confession or not, someone else was involved. She would find out who… When the body of a young student is found on the driveway of a local Denton home, a photograph pinned to his collar, Detective Josie Quinn is first on the scene. The house belongs to Gretchen Palmer, a dedicated member of Josie’s team, missing for the last

• Author : Kate Alice Marshall
• Publisher : Penguin
• Release : 24 September 2019

In the faux-documentary style of The Blair Witch Project comes the campfire story of a missing girl, a vengeful ghost, and the girl who is determined to find her sister--at all costs. Once a year, a road appears in the forest. And at the end of it, the ghost of Lucy Gallows beckons. Lucy's game isn't for the faint of heart. If you win, you escape with your life. But if you lose.... Sara's sister disappeared one year ago--and only

• Author : Meda Chesney-Lind,Lisa Pasko
• Publisher : SAGE Publications
• Release : 28 February 2012

Scholarship in criminology over the last few decades has often left little room for research and theory on how female offenders are perceived and handled in the criminal justice system. In truth, one out of every four juveniles arrested is female and the population of women in prison has tripled in the past decade. Co-authored by Meda Chesney-Lind, one of the pioneers in the development of the feminist theoretical perspective in criminology, the subject matter of The Female Offender: Girls,

• Author : Navtej K. Purewal
• Publisher : Berg
• Release : 01 April 2010

The preference for male children transcends many societies and cultures, making it an issue of local and global dimensions. While son preference is not a new phenomenon and has existed historically in many parts of Asia, its contemporary expressions illustrate the gendered outcomes of social power relations as they interact and intersect with culture, economy and technologies. Son Preference brings together key debates on the subject of son preference by assessing existing work in the field and providing new insights

• Author : Elizabeth Speller
• Publisher : HMH
• Release : 26 June 2012

“Combines a Ruth Rendell–like psychological realism, an Agatha Christie–like plot and a Dickensian feel for life’s roulette . . . Pulse-pounding” (The Wall Street Journal). When Great War veteran Laurence Bartram arrives in Easton Deadall, he is struck by the beauty of the crumbling manor, the venerable church, and the memorial to the village’s soldiers. But despite this idyllic setting, Easton Deadall remains haunted by tragedy. In 1911, five-year-old Kitty Easton disappeared from her bed and has not been seen