Chris O'Grady's New Book "Vanishing Lady" Is an Epic Thriller about a Detective Re-hired to Find a TV Star's Missing Wife - Two Years after the Search Originally Began
Recent release "Vanishing Lady" from Page Publishing author Chris O'Grady is a fast-paced thriller about detective Steve Fraser, a detective who bows out of a missing persons case because the up-and-coming comic whose wife went missing couldn't afford Steve's services. Two years later, the comic is a TV sensation and his wife is still missing so now that money is no longer an issue it's up to Steve to pick up where he left off two years ago even though the trail has grown much colder.
RALEIGH, N.C., July 09, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Chris O'Grady, who recently celebrated his 90th birthday, has completed his new book "Vanishing Lady": a fast-paced thriller about Detective Steve Fraser who is re-hired by TV star Howard Franklin to find his missing wife, Sally Baxter Franklin. Steve is familiar with the case since he worked it when Sally first went missing but ultimately had to bow out because Howard couldn't afford to retain him. Now that Howard is a well-established TV star, he is still looking for Sally and it's up to Steve to pick up the trail where he left off even though it has grown much colder over the past two years.
Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, Chris O'Grady's riveting tale will resonate with mystery lovers looking for a fast-paced thriller with plenty of plot twists and turns that will keep readers guessing until the very last page is turned.
"Vanishing Lady" is the latest mystery offering from seasoned author Chris O'Grady. It centers on investigator Steve Fraser as he attempts, at the behest of her husband, to find one Sally Franklin, who also turns out to be the wife of Phillip Devon under the name Norma. But Sally's penchant for and skill at changing identities make her a hard lady to find. As Fraser looks for the proverbial needle, he confronts a chaotic haystack: a grimy morass of deception, financial crime and murder that obscures reality and makes Fraser question his own perceptions. The woman he is tracking seems more and more like a ghost in the wind.
Fraser's search centers on the men who have known Sally/Norma, in one of her many identities: Howard Franklin, Phillip Devon, and Ted Thendara. Each man's account of the woman in question is much like the blind man with one hand on the elephant. O'Grady has a strong sense of dialogue, and it is dialogue that holds the story on course, driven through the noir encounters between Fraser and the colorful people he encounters in his search–and the over-arching shadow of what one of them refers to as "a woman's powerful character."
"Vanishing Lady" is more cherchez le femme than whodunit? and as such, offers an unusual and compelling addition to the realm of dark mystery fiction.
"Give almost anyone time for trails to get cold... people's memories tend to dim a little... and vanishing gets easier and easier. Sometimes people have managed it for twenty or thirty years. All we can do is start digging and pray for lots of luck."
book review by Barbara Bamberger Scott
Readers who wish to experience this epic work can purchase "Vanishing Lady" at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes store, Amazon, Google Play or Barnes and Noble.
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