title: Disappearance at Hangman's Bluff (Felony Bay Mysteries)
author: J. E. Thompson
description: &#8220;Nail-biting suspense, distinctive yet realistic characters and an abundance of local color will win this one lots of fans.&#8221; (Kirkus Reviews)<br /><br />&#8220;Not your average children&#8217;s mystery, this one has depth. Add to that some likable characters, steady plot pacing, and just some good writing, and you&#8217;ve got a unique story that questions the ethics of the past and present while offering a good adventure to boot.&#8221; (School Library Journal)<br /><br />&#8220;Thompson&#8217;s plotting . . . remains suspenseful as Abbey and Bee ride their ponies around an island fraught with family history and try to right wrongs of the past and present.&#8221; (Booklist)
zlib_text: **About the Book**
  
  Every morning Hakan von Enke takes a walk in the forest near his apartment in
  Stockholm. However, one winter’s day he fails to come home. It seems that the
  retired naval officer has vanished without trace.
  
  Detective Kurt Wallander is not officially involved in the investigation but
  he has personal reasons for his interest in the case as Hakan’s son is engaged
  to his daughter Linda. A few months earlier, at Hakan’s 75th birthday party,
  Kurt noticed that the old man appeared uneasy and seemed eager to talk about a
  controversial incident from his past career that remained shrouded in mystery.
  Could this be connected to his disappearance? When Hakan’s wife Louise also
  goes missing, Wallander is determined to uncover the truth.
  
  His search leads him down dark and unexpected avenues involving espionage,
  betrayal and new information about events during the Cold War that threatens
  to cause a political scandal on a scale unprecedented in Swedish history. The
  investigation a