Missing men: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Missing men is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Starrett, Vincent (1886–1974).
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"Missing men by Vincent Starrett" is a detective short story written in the early 20th century. It follows the cool-headed sleuth Lavender as he probes a spate of puzzling disappearances in Chicago. The likely topic is a web of vanishing men tied to the theatre, stage identities, and a family secret that has been carefully hidden. When a picture broker named Peter Vanderdonck, a popular comedian named Charles Merritt, and finally the wealthy Cyril Minor all seem to vanish, Lavender pieces together odd clues: a nearly unused office, greasepaint traces at a washstand, a safe, and a newspaper note about actress Sidney Kane. He deduces that Merritt and Vanderdonck are the same person—and then that Minor is both of them, living a double (and triple) life to avoid publicity while secretly reunited with his former wife, Sidney Kane. A suspicious telegram signed “Father” instead of “Dad” sends Lavender and Minor’s daughter, Shirley, to Kane’s suburban home, where the truth emerges: Kane is Shirley’s mother; she and Minor have remarried, and Minor—struck ill—has been convalescing there under the cover story of an “invalid brother.” The disappearances are thus revealed as a theatrical masquerade rather than crime, ending in a family reconciliation.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Missing men
- Author credits: Starrett, Vincent (1886–1974)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- Lavender, Jimmie (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Missing persons -- Investigation -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: American Literature
- Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery
- Category: Short Stories
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