Carrington Steadman — Someone’s Missing: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

By MARLOW STEVENS

Some cases go cold. This one was never allowed to stay visible.
When a teenage girl vanishes from a quiet suburban school route, the initial assumption is simple: teenage disappearance, temporary absence, routine escalation.
But Carrington Steadman does not work in assumptions.
A former intelligence operative turned independent investigator, Carrington specialises in cases that fall through institutional gaps - disappearances that are quietly downgraded, misclassified, or left unresolved.
This case refuses to behave like any of those.
With the help of his analytical assistant Sally, Carrington begins reconstructing the girl's final movements - only to discover something unexpected:
The data does not show a missing person.
It shows a managed absence.
Phone records contradict themselves. CCTV timelines don't align. Witness accounts shift under pressure. Even the family narrative begins to fracture when examined too closely.
And at the centre of it all is a house that appears normal - until you realise how carefully it has been kept that way.
As Carrington moves closer to the truth, the case stops being about where the girl went.
It becomes about who ensured the answers would never line up cleanly in the first place.
Because someone is not just hiding a crime.
They are controlling the shape of the investigation itself.
And in a system built on trust, that is far more dangerous than disappearance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H7QR815Y
• ISBN13: 9798185790120
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"