The Secret of the Barred Window (A Judy Bolton Mystery, Book 16)

vii, 207 pp. "Returning together from New York City after buying her wedding dress, Judy and Pauline do an errand for Pauline's employer, the literary agent Emily Grimshaw. They are trying to locate the missing author, Alice Bradley. Attiving at the remote Bradley home, Judy leaves her wedding dress on the porch as she and Pauline search for the author. But the house is empty and when they return to the porch, Judy's wedding dress is gone! To make matters more difficult, the only person who seems to know Miss Bradley is a little girl, Roberta, who likes to play in the empty house."