A review by nataliebootlah
Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Shelby Tebow goes out for a late night run and doesn’t come back. Not long after, Meredith and her six-year-old daughter Delilah also go missing. The lack of answers sets the town on edge until both cases go cold. 

Fast forward eleven years: Delilah escapes her captors and the dark, dingy basement she’s been trapped in. Suddenly she’s back home with her dad and brother, but the reunion doesn’t bring the peace they were hoping for. Instead, Delilah’s return brings back questions about what really happened all those years ago. 

Told from the point of views of Delilah, Meredith, the brother Leo, and the neighbor Kate, the novel spans across eleven years ago and present day. Local Woman Missing is full of twists and turns that will have you naming a new suspect every few chapters and guessing until the very end. 

I enjoyed it until the last few chapters where I personally felt like some logistics were impossible to add up. Still a good read though. 
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