They Never Came Home
1968 novel by Lois Duncan
- Thriller
- young adult
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]
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
- Nominated - Edgar Award, 1969
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Writers Directory. Springer. 1983. p. 340. ISBN 978-1-349-03650-9.
- ^ Eccleshare, Julia (June 28, 2016). "Lois Duncan obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
External links
- They Never Came Home at Penguin Random House
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Lois Duncan
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- Ransom (1966)
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- Hotel for Dogs (1971)
- A Gift of Magic (1971)
- I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973)
- When the Bough Breaks (1973)
- Down a Dark Hall (1974)
- Summer of Fear (1976)
- Killing Mr. Griffin (1978)
- Daughters of Eve (1979)
- Stranger with My Face (1981)
- The Third Eye (1984)
- Locked in Time (1985)
- The Twisted Window (1987)
- Don't Look Behind You (1989)
- Gallows Hill (1997)
- News for Dogs (2009)
- Movie for Dogs (2010)
- The Littlest One in the Family (1959)
- Silly Mother (1962)
- Giving Away Suzanne (1962)
- The Terrible Tales of Happy Days School (1983)
- Horses of Dreamland (1985)
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- The Circus Comes Home (1993)
- The Magic of Spider Woman (1996)
- The Longest Hair in the World (1999)
- I Walk at Night (2000)
- Song of the Circus (2002)
- How to Write and Sell Your Personal Experiences (1979)
- Chapters: My Growth as a Writer (1982)
- Who Killed My Daughter? (1992)
- Psychic Connections (1995)
- One to the Wolves (2013)
- From Spring to Spring (1983)
- Seasons of the Heart (2007)
- Summer of Fear (1978)
- I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
- Killing Mr. Griffin (1997)
- I've Been Waiting for You (1998)
- Don't Look Behind You (1999)
- Held for Ransom (2000)
- Hotel for Dogs (2009)
- Stranger with My Face (2009)
- Down a Dark Hall (2018)
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