The terrible Quin - John Brindley

Maria and James' father vanishes, without explaination. They want him back. They're desperate. The police and social workers are no help at all. They think he just went away - like the children's mother did. But Maria has seen the message left in the computer, and she won't give up their relentless search. How Maria and James find their father and rescue him from his kidnappers makes a gripping thriller guaranteed to have you on the edge of your seat. It is the debut of a gifted writer with a contemporary voice, who has created in Maria a furius, gutsy, compassionate heroine teenage readers will recognize and relate to.