Peter Rugg: The Missing Man (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

William Austin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0365271330 ISBN 13: 9780365271338

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

Synopsis

Unlock a haunting Boston legend in a tale of one man's impossible return.

A mysterious heirloom auction becomes the stage for a restless figure known as the Missing Man, whose vanished home echoes through time and town.

This edition presents a richly woven narrative filled with suspense, dusty rooms, and searching crowds. As the crowd bids on an estate tied to a storied past, the story shifts from bustling markets to uncanny moments that blur memory and reality. A driver of fate, an enigmatic chair and horse, and a citywide rumor fuse into a supernatural puzzle that questions what it means to belong to a place—and to time.

• Atmospheric scenes of 19th-century Boston and the highway of memory
• Rugged, iconic imagery of auctions, ruins, and a house that vanishes
• A narrator's journey through strange coincidences and unsettling encounters
• Hints of a larger myth surrounding a man who seems to outdistance time itself

Ideal for readers who savor old-fashioned mystery, ghostly premise, and a lingering sense of place as character. If you enjoy a story that invites you to question what you see, this book will engage your curiosity and your imagination.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0365271330
• ISBN 13: 9780365271338
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 120