Title: Local Woman Missing
Author: Mary Kubica
Published: May 2021, Park Row Books
Format: ARC Paperback, 352 pages
Source: Publisher via Kathleen Carter Communications
Summary:
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.
My thoughts: Mary
Kubica is one of my favorite thriller writers. I have read
all of her books and was lucky to meet her at BookExpo in 2014 when she was there signing copies of her debut book, The Good Girl. She continues to craft such addicting, twisty reads and each book gets better and better, with this latest one being her best one yet!
This book immediately grabbed hold of me and never let up. It's the type of book that you just cannot put down because it is so emotionally charged almost from the get-go with everything that is happening. Having the story told from multiple points of view and alternating the timelines from the present to the past, you become more invested in what is going on and I just could not wait until things merged. There were so many thoughts floating around in my head, yet every time the story took a new twist I literally gasped out loud because it wasn't anything I was expecting. This book really takes you on quite a ride, but as the pieces slowly fall into place you just cannot stop reading until it's brilliant ending. And let me just say...that ending was one I had never considered. I loved it!
This story has so many moving parts and it kept me completely engaged The characters come alive on the pages and you become so attached to them that when secrets are revealed about them, you are left utterly shocked. There is an underlying sense of foreboding right from the beginning and the use of the weather plays an equally important role, too, adding another layer to what is already an atmospheric, tense read.
I highly recommend adding this book to your summer reading list...it is such an addicting read that will have you flipping those pages in record time.