Local Woman Missing: A Novel of Domestic Suspense

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Another solid addition to Kubica’s work, and I would recommend this one to those looking for a suspenseful and gripping read. I have read and truly liked this author's books having read three of them. However, this one was a total fail for me. From ridiculous staccato sentences to implausible circumstances, the story just didn't hold true.

There is a lot going on in this book with all of the characters dealing with the fallout and investigation into the multiple missing persons as well as a lot of personal and interpersonal dramas that may or may not have played a part in those disappearances. Kubica manages all these storylines and plotlines deftly, somehow bringing it all together into a cohesive story that feels well-paced and with a narrative that flows smoothly. Mary Kubica sure knows how to write an edge of your seat suspenseful novel! I listened to the audio which was perfectly narrated. First the positives: I loved the beginning. Sorry, that's it, there's only one positive that I can come up with. Local World Missing is a solid and entertaining mystery with ample twists and turns. Unfortunately, however, there are a lot of elements that felt unnecessary.This is a complicated, twisty thriller to figure out, I certainly did not see how the mysteries would be resolved or who was responsible for the missing women and child.

And the ending, all tied up in a pretty bow, with a character who has been severely traumatized for YEARS (given the location, that it had been going on for years without detection was laughably ridiculous) goes on to live a completely normal and happy life as if nothing had happened. It's like the buildup was good but everything was just too far fetched. The characters were boring, literally all of them. Motivation is always the key factor in any murder mystery book the question of why? have always been fasinating for me because this gives an insight in human nature. If the story sounds like your standard thriller fare, it’s because it is. Local Woman Missing does nothing new. Overall though, reservation aside it’s very hard to put down as it grips in a vice like hold! It’s a well written thriller as you’d expect from MaryMaureen has been missing from her home in Skehill since Wednesday, October 25 - Gardaí and her family have said they're concerned for her welfare. My one critique would be the ending felt like it didn’t fit with the “amazing-ness” of the rest of the book. The ending seemed unrealistic, yet I was able to roll with it because the writing was so addictive and well done. Overall, an extremely entertaining and suspenseful novel that I highly recommend!

Final score. If you’re looking for a thriller that you’ll want to read in one sitting, you could do much worse. And if you’re looking for Local Woman Missing, you can find the audiobook on the Hoopla library app. ;) I still think this was a very good read and Mary Kubica fans and many lovers of thrillers would enjoy this book. Because Local Woman Missing is terrifically entertaining, fast-paced, and compelling. It keeps you guessing, and the guessing is great fuDNF - The writing style is not for me. The sentence structure is so simple, yet the content is overly dramatic and irrelevantly descriptive. I know how betrayal and disillusionment feel, when someone who could give you the world refuses even a tiny piece of it.” Characters and narrations were amazing. Especially Delilah and Leo’s POVs were my favorites. Delilah’s darkest day in the basement, her survival story and Leo’s inner fight, brokenness, his suffer to be magnet of bullies and outcast of his school truly broke my heart. I wished I could hug those kids and lied them everything is gonna be okay for giving temporary relief.

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. A mysterious manuscript sends a young journalist on a collision course with an ancient and deadly secret society. Because Local Woman Missing is terrifically entertaining, fast-paced, and compelling. It keeps you guessing, and the guessing is great fun.There’s a sense of unease as the tension intensifies, and I didn’t expect how everything would come together. I always appreciate that in a novel. As for the ending, it’s a little out there and seems unlikely. However, it didn’t ruin the book for me, and I appreciate the originality even if I would have preferred something a bit more realistic to match the rest of the plot.