Carrington Steadman Carrington Steadman - Someone's Missing: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Book 1, (Paperback)

<b>Some cases go cold. This one was never allowed to stay visible.</b><br>When a teenage girl vanishes from a quiet suburban school route, the initial assumption is simple: teenage disappearance, temporary absence, routine escalation.<br>But Carrington Steadman does not work in assumptions.<br>A former intelligence operative turned independent investigator, Carrington specialises in cases that fall through institutional gaps - disappearances that are quietly downgraded, misclassified, or left unresolved.<br>This case refuses to behave like any of those.<br>With the help of his analytical assistant Sally, Carrington begins reconstructing the girl's final movements - only to discover something unexpected: <br>The data does not show a missing person.<br>It shows a <b>managed absence</b>.<br>Phone records contradict themselves. CCTV timelines don't align. Witness accounts shift under pressure. Even the family narrative begins to fracture when examined too closely.<br>And at the centre of it all is a house that appears normal - until you realise how carefully it has been kept that way.<br>As Carrington moves closer to the truth, the case stops being about where the girl went.<br>It becomes about who ensured the answers would never line up cleanly in the first place.<br>Because someone is not just hiding a crime.<br>They are controlling the shape of the investigation itself.<br>And in a system built on trust, that is far more dangerous than disappearance.

• Carrington Steadman Carrington Steadman - Someone's Missing: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Book 1, (Paperback)
• Author: Marlow Stevens
• ISBN: 9798185790120
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-07-06
• Page Count: 414