Local Woman Missing: A Novel of Domestic Suspense
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER--OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD!"Dark and twisty, with white-knuckle tension and jaw-dropping surprises." --Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark
In this smart and chilling thriller, master of suspense Mary Kubica, author of Just the Nicest Couple, takes domestic secrets to a whole new level, showing that some people will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.
People don't just disappear without a trace...
Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once-peaceful community. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive search that yields more questions than answers, the case eventually goes cold.
Now, eleven years later, Delilah shockingly returns. Everyone wants to know what happened to her, but no one is prepared for what they'll find...
Don't miss Mary Kubica's chilling upcoming novel, She's Not Sorry, where an ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient's frightening past...
Look for these other edge-of-your-seat thrillers by New York Times bestselling author Mary Kubica:
- The Good Girl
- Pretty Baby
- Don't You Cry
- Every Last Lie
- When the Lights Go Out
- The Other Mrs.
- Just The Nicest Couple
- She's Not Sorry
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Easily , now one of my favorite books! I absolutely loved the writing style from past tense to present. I had no idea the book was going the route it was , until it smacked me in the face! I loved the story, I loved the characters & the ending was one that I truly enjoyed. My first book by Mary Kubica and I can say she truly gained a fan! Absolutely phenomenal.
The book was captivating, thrilling and had me engaged for the first half, however the last half of the book took a turn that I felt hurt the storyline and it became a hot tangled mess.
Took forever to get into, I found it easy to pick what characters where what and did what. I wouldn’t read again, the chapters were incredibly long and sometimes hard to follow. I found myself skipping full paragraphs and still following the story.
I started out giving this 3 stars, but I think I'm going to change it to 2.5 after writing this review.
Here are my issues:
1. The premise of the book was interesting, but I agree with what most other reviewers have said that it ultimately required too much of a stretch of imagination, especially with the fact that it seems like every forensic examiner in this city has disappeared. Being stabbed by someone else likely would be more of a upward mov...read more
Here are my issues:
1. The premise of the book was interesting, but I agree with what most other reviewers have said that it ultimately required too much of a stretch of imagination, especially with the fact that it seems like every forensic examiner in this city has disappeared. Being stabbed by someone else likely would be more of a upward mov...read more
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