There are plenty of ways to get off the property without walking through an exit.” He looked around again. “For crying out loud Bobby, if we knew, she wouldn’t be missing would she? We’ve sealed all the exits to the park but that’s the problem–we’re right on the edge of a park. By the time Symanovs guys got untangled she was gone.”Īrlen held up his hand. Walsh and her two guys kept going, no one bumped them. A group of people cut across their path headed for the food court. We had four security guys surrounding the two players. You know what it’s like out there between the stadiums. “Bobby please,” Arlen hissed, signaling Kelleher to keep his voice down. “They were on their way over there and she disappeared.”

“ Yes she was!” Arlen said, clearly exasperated, still looking around as if he was afraid someone would hear him. “What do you mean you don’t know? How can you not know? Wasn’t she on her way over to Armstrong with Walsh?” He looked around as if to be sure no one could hear him and dropped his voice to a whisper so that Stevie, standing right behind Kelleher could barely hear.įor a second, Kelleher just stared at him. The man stopped and turned to face Kelleher. Don’t give me that press conference crap. Stevie and Susan Carol followed at what they hoped was a discreet distance. He had slowed down enough that Kelleher was able to catch up to him. We’ll let you know what’s going on in a while.” The man half turned, still walking and waved a hand as if to say, go away. “Arlen!” Kelleher said, heading toward the man. He broke off in mid-sentence as a middle-aged man with graying hair ducked out of the media center and made a quick turn away from them. “Okay,” Kelleher said, pausing just outside the press room entrance. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. But they don't even come close to the shocking truth.

Was she kidnapped? Did she run? Is she even still alive? The rumors are growing wilder by the hour. Everyone is looking for Natalia-including Stevie and Susan Carol. Somewhere between the locker rooms and the Louis Armstrong Court, one of the most-watched players of the tournament simply vanishes.

The behind-the-scenes action in the world of professional tennis is overwhelming and occasionally bewildering, but it turns downright inconceivable when a young Russian phenom, Natalia Makarova, disappears right before her second-round match.

The two hopeful sports reporters have kept in touch after their wild time at the Final Four, and when Susan Carol manages to score a press pass to cover the first week of the US Open Tennis Tournament in New York, Stevie works out a way to be there as well. Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson return in another fast-paced, action-packed sports mystery from bestselling sports writer John Feinstein.

Vanishing Act by John Feinstein