They Never Came Home

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They Never Came Home
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First edition cover art
Author Lois Duncan
LanguageEnglish
Genre
PublisherDoubleday

They Never Came Home is a 1968 mystery-thriller novel by Lois Duncan. [1] [2] The novel was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award. [3]

Contents

Plot

Teenage friends Larry and Dan go missing after embarking on a hiking trip. Upon investigation, a stranger claims that one of the boys owed him $2,000, prompting Joan, a sister of one of the boys, to begin her own search for them.

A second edition was published in 2012, updating the story to modern times. Changes included references to cell phones and the Internet, as well as adjusting the money owed to $50,000.

Accolades

References

  1. ↑ "Lois Duncan". The Alliance for the Study and Teaching of Adolescent Literature at Rhode Island College (ric.edu). February 9, 2006. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ Writers Directory. Springer. 1983. p. 340. ISBN   978-1-349-03650-9.
  3. ↑ Eccleshare, Julia (June 28, 2016). "Lois Duncan obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved June 7, 2017.


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