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    Vanished: The Sibling Sleuths, #1
    Vanished: The Sibling Sleuths, #1
    Vanished: The Sibling Sleuths, #1
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    Vanished: The Sibling Sleuths, #1

    By James A. Anderson

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    One minute Anna Childs was there and the next…..she was gone. Just like that.

    Her father, Scott Childs, owner of Bayfield’s local amusement park – Wonderland – is frantic. Teen sleuths Katie and Trevor Mackenzie are investigating her disappearance from the Death Ride. But Anna doesn’t appear to have an enemy in the world. Who in Bayfield wants this girl gone?
     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJames A. Anderson
    Release dateNov 20, 2014
    ISBN9781502281463
    Vanished: The Sibling Sleuths, #1

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      Vanished - James A. Anderson

      For My Grandchildren

      Katie, Trevor, Megan and Leah

      May you always have a love of reading

      CHAPTER 1

      MISSING

      Tell me again what you heard, Officer Sayers said to me, crouching over his spiral notebook like it held the secrets of the universe.

      I sighed. I didn’t hear anything, I said for about the tenth time. I squirmed in the hard plastic chair, wondering whether my brother and I would ever get to leave. The Bayfield Police had taken over the Wonderland amusement park’s administrative offices which I don’t think were comfortable under the best of circumstances. And these were not the best of circumstances. They were the worst of circumstances.

      Anna Childs, the park owner’s daughter and my brother Trevor’s recent girlfriend, was missing.

      It wasn’t a normal disappearance. No missed curfews, no sneaking out after a fight with her parents. No, Anna had gone missing from her father’s most prized and infamous ride – the Death Ride.

      Let me explain.

      A couple of weeks ago Wonderland reopened for the season under new ownership. Scott Childs had bought the park, which had been a Bayfield institution for a long time. It had gotten pretty run down in recent years and Scott wanted to revitalize it. Step one was installing an all new amusement ride for the park.

      That was the Death Ride. I first rode it on opening night with my brother, Trevor, his date Anna and her best friend, Jamie King. It was simply awesome.

      Even now that I had ridden it countless times, I still found it hard to describe what the ride actually did. It was sleek and enclosed like a space ship. The seats moved in a circle and up and down. Images were projected on a large screen and loud rock music was played.

      The combined effect was exhilarating. Riding it made me feel like I’d climbed six mountains, skid down a black diamond slope, slain a dragon, breathed fire and saved humanity from certain destruction.

      Like I said: awesome.

      But tonight on the Death Ride, Anna Childs had gone missing. She’d left no trace whatsoever. Just vanished.

      Scott was beside himself and my brother Trevor was freaking out.

      And here I was watching Officer Sayers chicken-scratch my answer in his notebook for the tenth time.

      Can I ask you something? I asked.

      No, replied Officer Sayers without looking up.

      Ah, so this was a bad cop night. Chief Matthews didn’t seem entirely sure how to handle my brother and me. He couldn’t seem to decide whether we were friends or foes.

      Do you have any clues? I asked.

      Sayers looked up from his notebook and just sighed. Did she leave anything behind?

      Just then the door to the small office we were in opened and in walked Chief Matthews, followed by Trevor, who he had been questioning. The chief’s expression was grim, as was Trevor’s. I had a feeling Trevor’s answers had been as helpful as mine.

      I think we can let these kids go home, said Matthews. Unless you have anything new?

      Sayers shrugged and shook his head. Not really. They didn’t hear anything, the music was too loud. They didn’t see anything, the ride was too dark.

      Chief Matthews nodded, his lips pulled tight. All right then.

      I stood up, looking at my brother. His face was pale and he looked exhausted. I knew he had to be suffering right now. Even though he and Anna had recently broken up, I knew he still really cared about her.

      Chief? I asked, trying to sound as respectful as possible. Can you tell us anything? You know we were close to Anna. We’re really worried about her.

      Chief Matthews paused and looked me in the eye. I could tell that he knew there was much more I wasn’t saying. He was well aware that Trevor and I had helped the Bayfield PD solve some pretty tricky cases. He also knew we’d gotten into trouble for our amateur sleuthing one too many times. So we’d worked out an agreement with the Chief and our Mom: if we followed some rules and checked in with the adults while doing our detective work, we could continue to investigate.

      I think that while Chief Matthews often saw us as wannabe private eyes, he knows we are good at investigating. I think he understands that sleuthing is in our blood.

      Still watching me, he cleared his throat. Okay. I’m sure you realize that this information is for your ears only and not to be shared with anyone. I’m telling you this because I know you were close to the victim. Understand?

      I nodded and Trevor did too. We understand, I said.

      We’re working on the theory that this is a kidnapping for ransom, said Chief Matthews.

      Meaning? said Trevor, raising an eyebrow.

      "Meaning that the amusement park has been in the news and the new Death Ride so popular, the kidnappers snagged the owner’s daughter to make

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