Cover of Missing person

Missing person

by Sally Pfoutz · 1993

+ Want to read

When seventeen-year-old Carrie's notoriously unstable mother disappears, only Carrie seems interested in pursuing the truth through a world where she can trust no one but herself.

Genre
detectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
missing personsmissing personsMore like thisLess of thismother daughtermother daughterMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 177 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare prices

Liked Missing person? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Missing person. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Down to the Needle Mary Deal · 2010 Shares mother daughter, missing persons, mystery
  2. Bug Sweeper: Book 1: A Flower in the Depths Leah Rose · 2008 Shares mother daughter, missing persons, family
  3. Child Taken Darren Young Shares missing persons, mother daughter, detective
  4. Photographic Death Judi Culbertson · 2014 Shares missing persons, mother daughter, detective
See more recommendations →

“If you want more of the same (detective about missing persons), start with these.”

  1. Searching for Yesterday: A Shelby Belgarden Mystery Valerie Sherrard · 2008
  2. The Secret She Kept Amelia Carr · 2012
  3. Smack dab in the middle of maybe Jo Watson Hackl · 2018
  4. Paris by the book Liam Callanan · 2018

“If it was the missing persons that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Sendi Lee Mason and the Milk Carton Kids Hilda Stahl · 1990
  2. Samantha Spinner and the Spectacular Specs Russell Ginns · 2019
  3. Jada Sly, Artist & Spy Sherri Winston · 2019
  4. Lost Brother Franklin W. Dixon · 2010

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. The Bishop’s Wife Mette Ivie Harrison · 2014
  2. The Originals Cat Patrick · 2013
  3. China Lake Meg Gardiner · 2002
  4. Darkroom Mary Maddox

Report a problem