Ami Margolin-Rome and Phillip Margolin - Vanishing Acts

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Start: Mar 31 2012 5:00 pm

End: Mar 31 2012 6:30 pm

Timezone: America/Los Angeles

Saturday March 31^st at 5:00 PM we have authors sure to please our young crowd and adults alike. Phillip Margolin is well known for his thrilling adult mysteries; Executive Privilege, Supreme Justice, Wild Justice, Lost Lake and many others. He has teamed up with his daughter, Ami Margolin Rome to write Vanishing Acts. Move over Nancy Drew, there is a new sleuth in town. Madison lives in Portland Oregon with her lawyer father; she is determined to follow in his footsteps. As the first day of 7^th grade arrives Madison is looking forward to being reunited with her friend Ann. Over the summer Ann traveled to Europe with her father so the two best friends have been out of touch for a while and will have a lot of catching up to do. Ann doesn’t show up at school, she misses the tryouts for the soccer team. She doesn’t answer e-mail, she doesn’t answer the phone, and no one answers the door at her home. Madison is sure something awful has happened to Ann. She tries to share her concern with her father but he is buried in his cases, her school friends all think she is exaggerating, and no one seems interested in finding Ann. 7^th grade is a big deal, new school, lots more kids, and Madison feels cut adrift without Ann. The only person to take her worries seriously is Jake. As the days go on and Ann still doesn’t show up, Madison and Jake decide to investigate together and find out what happened. If that isn’t enough of a challenge, Madison’s third grade teacher disappears. There is a lot of blood and a convenient suspect; the woman had a heated fight with her husband right before she went missing. Madison’s Dad takes the case of defending the man accused of murdering Madison’s teacher. She liked her third grade teacher. Jake and Madison decide to investigate her disappearance too. The intrepid pair go all over Portland conducting their various inquiries. The use of the northwest setting is excellent. Madison and Jake make a great team; I hope we see them in many more books! If you like a good mystery, here is one I enjoyed.

Ami and Phil are also generously doing an event for Three Rivers School on April 2nd.

Phillip Margolin will be with us on June 2^nd for his latest adult mystery, Capitol Murder.

Author events are free and fun. Refreshments will be served and we will have drawings for prizes. Please call 541-593-2525 or email sunriverbooks@sunriverbooks.com or stop by Sunriver Books & Music to sign up to attend.