Local Woman Missing
Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once-peaceful community. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive search that yields more questions than answers, the case eventually goes cold. Now, eleven years later, Delilah shockingly returns. Everyone wants to know what happened to her, but no one is prepared for what they'll find…
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Eleven years ago, a young mother and a six-year-old girl from the same Chicago suburb vanished within months of each other. One spring morning, a teenage girl turns up at her old front door, claiming to be Delilah.
Local Woman Missing was written by Mary Kubica and published in 2021. Kubica has written numerous other domestic thrillers, including The Good Girl, Pretty Baby, and The Other Mrs.
No. Local Woman Missing is a standalone domestic thriller. Mary Kubica's books are typically standalones with shared genre and tone but no recurring characters.
Local Woman Missing is 177 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Local Woman Missing takes most readers 3 to 4 hours to finish.
Local Woman Missing is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.