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  • The Missing Schoolgirls: A 1930s detective mystery (David Adair series)

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The Missing Schoolgirls: A 1930s detective mystery (David Adair series) Kindle Edition

by Peter Zander-Howell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 out of 5 stars (214)
Two fourteen-year-old girls go missing from an exclusive boarding school. Did they abscond, or have they been kidnapped?
The girls’ parents - and indeed the parents of many other pupils – have considerable influence in very high places. Pressure is quickly brought to bear to get Scotland Yard involved. Concern for the girls’ safety is paramount.
Detective Chief Inspector Adair and three of his officers are assigned to help the local police. Initially there is little to go on, but Adair soon determines that the children didn’t leave voluntarily.
The first step – to ascertain how the girls were abducted – takes time.
To find out who was responsible takes longer.
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  1. Part of series
    David Adair series
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    237 pages
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    English
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  5. Publication date
    January 19, 2025
  6. File size
    1.9 MB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DTGRMCN9
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 19, 2025
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.9 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 237 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ David Adair series
  • Best Sellers Rank: #474,644 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars (214)

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Peter Zander-Howell

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Peter Zander-Howell (a pen name) lives with his wife in East Anglia, U.K. They have three children and four grandchildren.

Deciding to get out of the rat-race, Peter took very early retirement from his management role in a very large company. Then, far too young to retire completely and wanting to keep his mind occupied, he started a small and successful business. Twenty years later he sold that business, and has now embarked on a third career as an author.

During his first two careers, Peter served as a magistrate for thirty-four years.

All his stories are set in England between 1936 and 1952, and are written in homage to the “Golden Age of Detective Fiction”.

Most are also available in Spanish (translated by Kindle Translate).

There are two series, and five books which are not part of a series:

The Philip Bryce series set in the 1940s and 1950s. 15 books (each book stands alone)

The David Adair series set in the 1930s and 1940s. 6 books (each stands alone)

Five other books, all set in the 1930s.

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4.4 out of 5 stars
214 global ratings

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  • Tomsreads
    5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshingly good
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 11, 2025
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    How very refreshing to have a detective who is not angst ridden, drinks too much, has affairs of is insufferable rude to lesser ranks. In this book he is polite, controlled, considerate, and fits in well with everyone while observing and listening intelligently. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and will read more by this author. Oh and one thing more now pleasant to have teenage girls who were not foul mouthed alienated misfits
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  • Kimmsie
    4.0 out of 5 stars Very, very good
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 26, 2025
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    Oh I did enjoy this! It really was an excellent book. I didn't even come close to guessing who did what and to be honest I'm still not sure how Adair did either, so I may have to read it again. But that would be no hardship I assure you.
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  • Ian B
    5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshingly non-political 1930s police procedural.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 4, 2025
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    OK, it isn't Agatha Christie, or Dorothy L Sayers. It isn't full of twists. But it's a competently-written police procedural, and what set it apart for me was that the author takes his characters from the 1930s, rather than the 2020s. So, although the book is set in a boarding school, he does not use this as an excuse to have a rant about the class system. And though it's set in the 1930s it is completely free from any reference to the Nazis. This is enough to ensure that the author will go on my reading list in future.
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  • Daisy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another tightly woven mystery from Peter Zander Howells
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 11, 2025
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    I really enjoyed this story. Set in a private girls school the reader is drawn in to the close confines of the environment as the relationships are explored, and the routines play out., while the police procedures weave through it all. Kept my interest to the last page
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  • Hugh W
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good mystery
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2025
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    Another good stand alone detective mystery from this author. Perhaps not as good as some of his others but still a good read all the same. I would recommend.
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