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★★★★☆ 4.12 • Goodreads

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Loved A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins for assembling fractured truth? Keep hunting through Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica.

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Why It's Your Next Read

  • Multiple timelines collide w/ devastating payoff
  • Suburban secrets unravel through unreliable voices
  • Slow-burn dread escalates into shocking reveals
  • Maternal guilt & betrayal fuel suspense

If you thrived on the way A Slow Fire Burning let you assemble a fractured truth from unreliable voices, Local Woman Missing delivers that same intellectual high—shifting perspectives that splinter and converge, forcing you to question every motive while suburban façades crack open to reveal the wreckage beneath.

This is psychological suspense for readers who crave twists rooted in human complexity, not cheap shock.

Kubica understands that the most devastating violence isn't physical—it's the slow erosion of trust, the secrets that fester in ordinary homes, the emotional scars that never quite heal.

This is psychological suspense for readers who crave twists rooted in human complexity, not cheap shock.

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What Readers Are Saying

"Pulse-pounding from start to finish! This story gripped me from start to finish — I was hanging on every word... The writing was outstanding! I cared for each of the characters and the situations they found themselves in." Lindsay L, Goodreads
"This book was fantastic! ❤️ ...I loved, loved, loved the multiple POV's and the timelines...I literally was holding my breath waiting for that moment when the past and the present would merge into each other. When it did...wow! I was shocked!" Kim ~ It’s All About the Thrill, Goodreads
"This is exactly why MARY KUBICA is a favourite author! ...LOCAL WOMAN MISSING was an immediately gripping and immersive story that was an all consuming page-turner... I haven’t been this invested and excited about a book in quite some time." Norma ~ The Sisters, Goodreads

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