On October 24, 1961, Massachusetts wife and mother Joan Risch vanished seemingly into thin air.
Even with her children home and neighbors nearby, Joan disappeared from her upscale suburban house, never to be heard from again.
The search that followed was one of the most intensive investigations of its time, but detectives were unable to identify any suspects.
Using extensive police casefiles and hundreds of newspaper articles written about the disappearance, this book carefully explores the stor.