I was intrigued by the predicament and wanted to know the secrets that this small community held. What I noticed about the book was how easy it was to read and that I managed to read it in just one day. There were been quite a few red herrings thrown in and I walked a few wrong paths. The two women had a connection and only lived a short distance away from one another.Īs the plot progresses you start to realise that not everything is as straightforward as it first seems. Another case that the locals think could be linked is that of Shelby Tebrow whose body was discovered. As the now seventeen-year-old is reunited with her family the thoughts turn to her mother Meredith who hasn’t been seen since the pair disappeared. The story begins with a great hook featuring a kidnapped child. In May eleven years ago we witness Meredith’s family and friends trying to find her and her six-year-old daughter as they are now missing too.

In March we see midwife Meredith helping heavily pregnant Shelby Tebrow, who not long after she has her child goes missing one night after setting off for a late-night ‘jog’. The book moves back and forth in time from the present to March and May eleven years ago. Her father is delighted to see her but her brother isn’t liking the attention she is receiving as well as being unable to put his finger on something that doesn’t feel right about her. Delilah has been missing for eleven years, along with her mother, midwife Meredith. When a young girl escapes from the clutches of her kidnapper and finds refuge at a nearby property she gives her name as Delilah Dickey. Now, eleven years later, Delilah shockingly returns.Local Woman Missing is a twisty thriller/mystery set in a small community. Look for these other pulse-pounding thrillers by New York Times bestselling author Mary Kubica: Everyone wants to know what happened to her, but no one is prepared for what they'll find…ĭon't miss Mary Kubica's twisty new thriller, Just the Nicest Couple! Now, eleven years later, Delilah shockingly returns. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive search that yields more questions than answers, the case eventually goes cold.

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. People don't just disappear without a trace… 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. 'Dark and twisty, with white-knuckle tension and jaw-dropping surprises.' -Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark

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