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Sader, an investigator, and his partner Dan are assigned two families that vanished together in Long Beach, California. One is the old‑money Wanderley family, settled in the area decades earlier, while the other is the new‑money Ajoukian family, linked to recent oil fortunes. The detectives must probe whether the shared disappearance hides a deeper connection—perhaps a murder—between Felicia Wanderley and Perry Ajoukian.
First publish date: 1955
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Dolores Hitchens
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