Evan Hunter: The Moment She Was Gone (UK 2004)

From the Publisher:
From the author of the critically acclaimed CANDYLAND, one of the world's top crime writers under the name Ed McBain.
It is two o'clock in the morning when Andrew Gulliver gets the call he has been half-expecting for all of his adult life. His twin sister, Annie, is gone.

Annie has been taking off on adventures around the world ever since she was sixteen. But this time is different. Last month, bright, beautiful Annie was held in an Italian mental hospital and diagnosed as a schizophrenic. Until now, her family have refused to face the fact that something is really wrong. Forced to confront the truth at last, Andrew embarks on a desperate search to find Annie before it's too late...

Evan Hunter: The Moment She Was Gone. Orion, ISBN: 0752859048 (June, 2004), 213 p., £6.99.

Evan Hunter: The Moment She Was Gone (UK 2003)

From the Publisher:
It's two o'clock in the morning when Andrew Gulliver gets a call from his mother, who tells him his twin sister, Annie, is gone. This is not the first time. Ever since she was sixteen, she's been taking off without notice to places as far distant as Papua New Guinea, then returning unexpectedly, only to disappear yet another time, again and again and again.

But this time is different.
Last month, Annie got into serious trouble in Sicily and was briefly held in a mental hospital, where an Italian doctor diagnosed her as schizophrenic. Andrew's divorced mother refuses to accept this diagnosis. Andrew himself just isn't sure. But during the course of a desperate twelve hours in New York City, he and the Gulliver family piece together the past and cope with the present in a journey of revelation and self-discovery. Recognizing the truth at last. Andrew can only hope to find his beloved sister before she harms herself or someone else.

THE MOMENT SHE WAS GONE is a shattering novel about a family confronting its collective secrets, marking the high point in a writing career spanning almost five decades.

Evan Hunter: The Moment She Was Gone. Orion, ISBN: 0752857118 (July, 2003), 208 p., £12.99.

Evan Hunter: The Moment She Was Gone (USA 2003)

From the Publisher:
New York City, 2 A.M.: Andy Gulliver is awakened by a phone call from his mother, who says that his twin sister, Annie, is gone. It's not the first time Annie has taken off for parts unknown. Since she was sixteen, she's traveled the world collecting body piercings, Tantric sex practices, and wild stories, returning home on a whim and leaving again just as suddenly. Only this time, it's different: After a troubling incident overseas, a doctor has diagnosed Annie as schizophrenic. For Andy, facing the truth about his twin means looking at himself, his family, their collective secrets, and their shared denial. In a frantic twenty-four-hour search, Andy must find his missing sister while piecing together their entwined past -- before Annie hurts herself or someone else...

Evan Hunter: The Moment She Was Gone. Pocket Books, ISBN: 0743459482 (June, 2003), 304 p., $6.99.

Evan Hunter: The Moment She Was Gone (USA 2002)

From the Publisher:
It's two o'clock in the morning when Andrew Gulliver gets a phone call from his mother, who tells him his twin sister, Annie, is gone. This is not the first time. Ever since she was sixteen, she's been taking off without notice to places as far distant as Papua New Guinea, then return ing unexpectedly, only to disappear yet another time, again and again and again.

But this time is different.
Last month, Annie got into serious trouble in Sicily and was briefly held in a mental hospital, where an Italian doctor diagnosed her as schizo phrenic. Andrew's divorced mother refuses to accept this diagnosis. Andrew himself just isn't sure. But during the course of a desperate twelve hours in New York City, he and the Gulliver family piece together the past and cope with the present in a journey of revelation and self-discovery. Recognizing the truth at last, Andrew can only hope to find his beloved sister before she harms herself or someone else.

The Moment She Was Gone, a shattering novel of a family confronting its collective secrets, marks the high point in a writing career spanning almost five decades.

EVAN HUNTER is the author of a number of bestselling novels, including The Blackboard Jungle, and the recent tour de force Candyland, which he wrote together with Ed McBain, the pseudonym he uses on his renowned novels of the 87th Precinct. As Ed McBain, he has written more than fifty novels. He has also written many screenplays, including the one for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Dragica.

Evan Hunter: The Moment She Was Gone. A Novel. Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 074323748X (July, 2002), 208 p., $23.00.