The NYPD and the NY FBI field office prevent anyone from leaving the grounds.

The story is huge, ' the most famous player in the world has gone missing', and the heat is on as Walsh's agent is screaming for a win by default. Kelleher assigns Susan Carol to check out the junior girls' locker room, and Stevie to the players' lounge, while Kelleher goes to the men's locker room. More rumors raise tension, as the media reports that Symanova was planning to apply for American citizenship. Word spreads quickly that Nadia has been kidnapped, and the culprits are reported to be the SVR (Russian CIA once known as the KGB). The umpire's voice announces a postponement on the PA system. followed by men in blazers, both of them barking into walkie-talkies'. ' A gaggle of security men came sprinting from the tunnel. Enter Walsh, but all grow restless and worried when Symanova does not appear. The audience anxiously awaits the match between Russian favorite Nadia Symanova and Joanne Walsh. One of his clients is fifteen-year old Evelyn Rubin, who is playing in her first major tournament. In Manhattan, they are housed by Susan Carol's uncle, Brendan Gibson, who recently started his own players' agency.

Open as reporters are arranged by Bobby Kelleher, a columnist for the Washington Herald. Their invite and credentials to attend the U.S. Susan Carol and Stevie have not seen each other since they tapped the headlines from the Final Four, but have kept in touch via IM's. Vanishing Act enters the world of pro-tennis, specifically the tournaments held in Flushing Meadows, NY. The duo made their debut in sportswriter John Feinstein's Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery, which spotlighted Susan Carol and Stevie in an exciting jaunt through college basketball and player payoffs. Here's another action-packed sports mystery featuring future journalists, eighth graders Susan Carol Anderson from Goldsboro, NC, and Stevie Thomas from Philadelphia, PA.

Vanishing act by john feinstein