Missing Persons [Paperback]

M E Rabb (Author)

Book Description

Series: Missing Persons | Publication Date: August 1, 2005

The fourth book in an exciting new detective series about two sisters who are on the run. When Wilda adds butter and yeast to Sophie's matzo ball recipe and submits it to the "Griffin on the Go!" television food show contest, it wins, to the shock of Sam and Sophie. The camera crew descends on Venice, and trouble ensues when it appears that Wilda and Griffin have run away together. Are Wilda and Griffin off on a romantic excursion? Is Wilda a victim of foul play? And will Sophie and Sam's wicked stepmother, Enid, track them down once and for all? Exciting new detective series that will generate major press and publicity coverage.

Editorial Reviews

Review

" "The new Nancy Drew (if Nancy Drew wore shorter skirts, platform shoes, and knew how to Google...)." Barnes and Noble Book Magazine"

About the Author

M. E. Rabb is a fresh voice in teen fiction. She has had numerous stories published in Seventeen magazine, as well as in the Atlantic Monthly and the Chicago Review. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Walker Childrens Paperbacks (August 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844281140
• ISBN-13: 978-1844281145
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,558,636 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting, funny, trendy 'Nancy Drew'-type series that will please mystery readers of all ages, January 27, 2006

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Erika Sorocco (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Missing Persons #4 The Unsuspecting Gourmet (Mass Market Paperback)

Sophie knows that she's made a big mistake, when she accidentally lets her mother's famous matzo ball soup recipe to Wilda Higgins, the owner of the Petal Diner. After all, she and her sister - Sam - are known to the town of Venice, Indiana as two Christian girls whose parents were killed in a car accident, not two Jewish girls who ran away from Queens, New York with their evil stepmother's money. However, Wilda quickly adds some Midwestern touches to make the recipe her own, then enters it into a contest. However, when Wilda wins, and is chosen to appear on Griffin Gateaux's cable television cooking show, she invites Sophie to join her on-screen. Now, Sam must figure out a way to prevent Sophie's face from being plastered all over the media, or their covers will definitely be blown. But that's the least of their worries, for Wilda and Griffin quickly disappear while touring local dairy farms, and now it's up to Sophie and Sam, along with their Private Investigator boss, the gruff Gus, to find Wilda and Griffin before they're both...expired.

With so few mystery series on the market for teens nowadays, it's wonderful to have the opportunity to pick up one of M.E. Rabb's books, and enter the small town of Venice, solving missing persons cases. Rabb has a talent of creating interesting, out-of-the-ordinary problems for the Shattenberg sisters, that keep readers guessing from first page to last. THE UNSUSPECTING GOURMET is no exception. Sophie and Sam are quirky, and fun to read about; and the adventures they encounter in the bizarro Venice, Indiana leave readers laughing, and dying for a slice of Wilda's famous pie. An interesting, funny, trendy NANCY DREW-type series that will please mystery readers of all ages. My only qualm is that it appears that this series has been discontinued.

Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper

5.0 out of 5 stars I don't have much to say other than I LOVE these books, January 10, 2011

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Stacy Wright "Stacy Marie" (South) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Missing Persons (Paperback)

I love the Missing Persons books! Sometimes you can read a book and you come away from it feeling happy and uplifted. Every single one of these books made me feel that way! These books are light and a little fluffy and I absolutely love them. If they were available I would download all of them for my kindle right now.