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★★★★☆ 4.14 • Goodreads

Craving that invasive suburban dread from The Intruder by Freida McFadden? Dive into Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica next.

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Why It's Your Next Read

  • Multiple timelines w/ whiplash-inducing reveals
  • Suburban secrets unravel at breakneck speed
  • Unreliable moms hiding devastating truths
  • Every neighbor becomes a suspect

If The Intruder fed your hunger for suburban facades cracking under pressure, Kubica delivers that same invasive dread with triple the narrative ammunition. Multiple mothers, multiple secrets, multiple timelines—all colliding in a neighborhood where every smile hides something rotten. The psychological warfare unfolds in grocery aisles and yoga studios, proving once again that the real monsters live three doors down.

the real monsters live three doors down

Kubica weaponizes the mundane with surgical precision, turning playdates and school pickups into minefields of misdirection. Your paranoia will thank you for the validation.

Every page dares you to trust your own judgment while systematically destroying it.

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What Readers Are Saying

"Wow, what a ride! ...I fell head over heels for this book" Nilufer Ozmekik, Goodreads
"Mary Kubica uses them expertly to misdirect us... her natural, engaging writing style has been HOOKING me in from page one..." Jayme, Goodreads
"Pulse-pounding from start to finish! ...I was completely consumed by this book." Lindsay L, Goodreads

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