The Vanishing Point (2012) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Scarlett Higgins: A reality TV star and a woman with a health issue.
• Jimmy Higgins: Scarlett's five-year-old son.
• Stephanie Harker: Scarlett's friend and ghost writer.
• Special Agent Vivian McKuras: FBI agent in the Chicago Field Office.
• Randall Parton: An officious supervisor at the TSA.
• Jeff: The FBI agent who was Vivian McKuras's former boss.
• Lia Lopez: TSA agent at Chicago airport.
• Maggie Silver: Stephanie's agent.
• Darrell O'Donohue: An actor who won as last contestant in the reality show, Goldfish Bowl.
• Pete Matthews: A man Stephanie was seeing as she narrated the events five plus years before the incident at Chicago airport.
• George: Scarlett's agent.
• Carla: A woman in George's agency.
• Joshu Patel: Scarlett's boyfriend. He also spells his name, Joshnu.
• Detective Nick Nicolaides: He works for Scotland Yard and wants to help find Jimmy.
• DCI Broadbent: Vivian's superior at the FBI
• Dr. Simon Graham: The person who is helping Scarlet in her illness.
• Leanne: Scarlette's cousin, who looks like her.
• Robert: Stephanie's father.
• Asmita Patel: Joshu's sister, who is an accountant.
• Ambar Patel: Joshu's other sister.
• Rabinder: Ambar's baby.
• Marina: A young woman, hired to care for Jimmy when he was a baby.

Quotes edit see section history

show spoilers

• “My kid,' she shouted. 'Somebody's taken my kid.”

  Scarlett

• “Five years after diagnosis, eighty-five per cent of women with this form of cancer are still alive.”

  Simon

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• London Heathrow: Where Stephanie flew out of on her way to Chicago.
• Madrid: An airport that Stephanie travels through without airport security difficulties.
• Foutra: A small, Scottish island where action of reality TV show, Goldfish Bowl takes place.
• Romania: Where there is an orphanage that Scarlet wants to help.
• Timonescu Orphanage: An orphanage in the Transylvanian mountains in Romania.
• Detroit: Where Pete is living in the current portion of the story,

Organizations edit see section history

• FBI: Work with kidnapping.
• Transportation Security Administration (TSA): Handles airport security.

First Sentence edit see section history

Table of Contents edit see section history

Glossary edit see section history

• TSA: Transportation Security Authority - handles airport security.
• FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation
• MOBO: Music Industry awards.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Val McDermid (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Subjects edit see section history

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