Stella Ryman, the feisty octogenarian star of Mel Anastasiou's Fairmount Manor Mysteries, made her debut with The Case of the Third Option and returned with The Poison Pen Affair and The Four Digit Puzzle. In The Case of the Vanished Resident Stella and her friend Theo's successful breach of Fairmount's security turns sour when Theo disappears from the care home. The only way to find him is through daring and detective work. And the only way to save him is by facing a terrible secret from her own past.Mrs Stella Ryman is an amateur sleuth, trapped in a down-at-heel care home.Stella Ryman. You'd be cranky, too.