A review by mrs_faith_owens
Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

While Local Woman Missing starts off strong with two women going missing, one along with her daughter, and the daughter showing back up 11 years later, it quickly becomes clear that this is not your typical whodunnit. Almost everyone has a motive, but maybe not the person who did it. Almost everyone is cheating on their spouses, but that’s might have nothing to do with anything. And EVERYONE is lying. 
But it sounds interesting, right? That’s what I thought after reading the back of the book too, but it wound up being so much more graphic and dark than I was expecting.

This book would’ve gotten five stars for the 2 amazing twists that I didn’t see coming, but I had to take two stars away because I did not want to know that many details about the medical abuse line of investigation or the several day old dead body. It was also a little confusing to read since it switches between a few different narrators and 2-3 different time periods. Overall, it was a decent read, but a little too graphic for me. 
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