Disappearing Queen is is the third book in the Harry & Company Mystery series. Harry is caught between a rock and a hard place when girlfriend Brenda faces major surgery at the same time his friend Charlie needs help finding his missing wife, affectionately known as 'Queen Mary'. While struggling to maintain his commitments to Brenda's recovery, Harry and his Company friends trace Mary's many identities back to her pending testimony against the Russian Mafia. Intent on learning the mob's plans for revenge, the team discovers that the Russians have markedly different priorities and many more lives are at stake. When the federal authorities finally close in , the psychotic mob leader escapes and Mary's fate is sealed in a violent confrontation at the Mexican border. The language is mild but suggestive and there are enough plot twists and turns to delight the reader.