Local Woman Missing: A Novel of Domestic Suspense

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I know there was one scene definitely not intended to be funny that had me laughing out loud. It involved a car and something it hit!!! twice!!! it wasn't so much that this was unbelievable (which it kind of was), it was that there was no lead up to the events. on the one hand i don't want to be bored and predict everything but on the other hand i want to be impressed by how clever an author's plotting is. this didn't really feel clever to me. The mystery itself was well-written and engaging. Mary Kubica includes an abundance of red herrings to keep readers on their toes. While the ultimate reveal itself was a bit underwhelming, reading how everything unfolded was incredibly gripping. MARY KUBICA had me totally baffled throughout this whole story and I didn’t figure out any of the reveals! Local Woman Missing starts with a good hook that creates tension and suspense and increases with each chapter. I was fully invested in the story and had many questions I needed the answers to. I flew through it quite fast.

This is an engrossing thriller, told from multiple POVs and alternating timelines. Despite some difficult content, author Mary Kubica kept me intrigued and on my toes as I tried to piece together the plot. The characters are richly portrayed with many emotions and perspectives.And it doesn’t matter that the characters’ actions are frustratingly illogical. Or that the story often veers into eye-rolling ridiculousness. Or that much of what happens in the novel is utterly unbelievable. In addition to the twists spiraling out of control and into a level of implausibility, storylines were dropped, creating plot holes, leaving me with many unanswered questions. If the story sounds like your standard thriller fare, it’s because it is. Local Woman Missing does nothing new.

Gardaí are appealing to the public to come forward with any information that may help trace the whereabouts of 69-year-old Maureen O'Connor from Skehill, Glengarrif. In present day, Delilah manages to escape the dark basement that she's been captive in along with another boy, Gus. However, Gus is recaptured in the process. She rejoins her family which consists of her father Josh and her brother Leo, though they can barely recognize her because she's emaciated and scarred with acid burns. She doesn't have much of a memory of her capture since she was only six at the time. So, it's unknown that exactly happened to them all those years ago, but Meredith ended up committing suicide.

MARY KUBICA delivers an intriguing, suspenseful, compelling, exciting, fast-paced, and enthralling story here that was so incredibly written. I was totally invested in the characters and cared deeply for them. I loved the dual past and present timelines as well as all the multiple narrators. The way that the story came together in the end was absolutely perfect and had me feeling all those giddy book emotions that I strive for. In this thrilling and carefully plotted domestic mystery, this community and these families must unravel the secrets of the chilling events from many years ago … There was a flaw which did momentarily give me pause but I was able to move past it and get on with the story. The one person who may have all the answers is the daughter Delilah as she reappears eleven years later. Where has she been? Can she answer the question of what happened to her and her mother? This story gripped me from start to finish — I was hanging on every word feeling a strong sense of unease and tension. The mystery is intense, fast-paced, anxiety-filled and something that I felt extremely invested in throughout. The writing was outstanding! I cared for each of the characters and the situations they found themselves in. My mind was whirling with trying to piece the parts of this engrossing story together.