Introduction

New York Times Bestseller

"Dark and twisty, with white-knuckle tension and jaw-dropping surprises." —Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark

In this smart and chilling thriller, master of suspense Mary Kubica, author of the upcoming Just the Nicest Couple, takes domestic secrets to a whole new level, showing that some people will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.

People don't just disappear without a trace…

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…

Don't miss Mary Kubica's twisty new thriller, Just the Nicest Couple!

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Discussion Questions

From author Mary Kubica:

Please Note: Book Club Discussion Questions do contain spoilers.
Please wait to review the questions until after you’ve finished reading the novel.

1. Of the main narrators – Kate, Meredith and Leo – which spoke most to you? Was there
one you connected with more than others?

2. Meredith tries to find that work-life balance while having two young children and a very
unpredictable schedule as a doula. How do you feel about Meredith as a mother and how
she raises her children?

3. Leo feels a great deal of resentment toward Delilah when she returns home. Is this anger
and resentment justified?

4. How do you feel about Josh as a husband and father? Did you ever consider him to be a
suspect in the disappearances? Which characters did you consider to be suspects?

5. The suburban Chicago weather is as volatile as the story itself. How does the stormy
spring weather add to the atmosphere of Local Woman Missing?

6. Obstetric violence and abuse is discussed in this novel. Did it surprise you to learn of the
things that Meredith has witnessed as a doula or to read about Shelby’s experience giving
birth?

7. Keeping secrets from friends and loved ones is a recurring theme in this book. Have you
discovered something surprising or even shocking about a friend, family member or
neighbor that made you see them in a different light?

8. Discuss the choices that Bea and Meredith made in the car the night of the hit-and-run.
Do you think Bea is a cold blooded killer or a desperate woman with no other way out?
Was Meredith as complicit as Bea?

9. At the end of the novel, there are many victims: two women killed, a man sent wrongly to
prison, a child kept in captivity, another being raised without her mother and father, and
more. Who suffered the most throughout Local Woman Missing and why?

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