Local Woman Missing grips the reader from page one and pulls them into an immersive, intense story that is told using two timelines and multiple POVs, including Delilah, an abducted child, her brother Leo, their mother Meredith, and a neighbour. These narrators have varying degrees of reliability and flaws which give them and their story lines great depth. And with the addition of several plausible culprits, an awesome sense of foreboding and the wonderful way seemingly unconnected tidbits about different characters come together, this story about abduction, secrets and lies is impossible to put down.
The story has a darker feel due to the topics of abduction (warning for some readers) but I appreciated how Kubica also includes scenes that mimic real-life struggles facing women - specifically, the focus on women's rights and knowledge of those rights in regards to health and childbirth. I found the ending to be a bit unlikely and perhaps not quite as powerful as I was anticipating based on the tension to that point, but it was still a satisfying conclusion that, once again, confirms Mary Kubica as a must-read author for me.
There's a lot going on in this thriller, but the story is easy to follow as Kubica lays out her clever story that weaves chilling elements with characters readers will connect with quickly. Thriller lovers will want to keep their eyes out for this book when it hits stores May 18, 2021!
Disclaimer: My sincere thanks to Park Row Books for my complimentary digital copy of this title in exchange for my honest review.
My Rating: 5 stars
Author: Mary Kubica
Genre: Suspense, Thriller
Type and Source: eBook from publisher via NetGalley
Publisher: Park Row
First Published: May 18, 2021
Opening Lines: 11 years before: There's a smudge of lipstick
on the collar of his shirt. She sees it. She says nothing about it.
Book Description from GoodReads: 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…
In this smart and chilling thriller, master of suspense and New York Times bestselling author Mary Kubica takes domestic secrets to a whole new level, showing that some people will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.
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