![]() We'll meet eccentric bloodhound-handler Duff and R.C., his flagship purebred, who began trailing with the family dog after his brother vanished in the San Gabriel Mountains. ![]() Braided around the core will be the stories of the characters who fill the vacuum created by a vanished human being. Through Jacob Gray's disappearance in Olympic National Park, and his father Randy Gray who left his life to search for him, we will learn about what happens when someone goes missing. The stories that should give you pause every time you venture outdoors. ![]() The ones that baffle the volunteers who comb the mountains, woods and badlands. The cases that are an embarrassment for park superintendents, rangers and law enforcement charged with Search & Rescue. ![]() These are the missing whose situations are the hardest on loved ones left behind. The proverbial vanished without a trace incidences, which happen a lot more (and a lot closer to your backyard) than almost anyone thinks. These are the stories that defy conventional logic. For readers of Jon Krakauer and Douglas Preston, the critically acclaimed author and journalist Jon Billman's fascinating, in-depth look at people who vanish in the wilderness without a trace and those eccentric, determined characters who try to find them. ![]()
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This is the fourth book in Hassell's ( First and First, 2016, etc.) Five Boroughs series, set among an interconnected group of gay men in New York. ![]() A relationship-in-trouble romance between opposites who still attract in one of New York City’s gay communities. ![]() ![]() ![]() But an insignificant interview with an irrelevant writer completely tumbles her life upside down. The book is about the life of a mildly successful journalist Linda, well into her 30s, who apparently has everything one can ask for: a dedicated husband, loving children, stable professional life and financial security. 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