10 books for fans of Local Woman Missing
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Just the Nicest Couple
by Mary Kubica
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Jake's disappearance after a marital fight draws his wife's friend Lily into a web of lies, as everyone harbors secrets about what really happened the night he vanished.
★ 3.56 Goodreads (235.1K ratings) - 2
It's Not Her
by Mary Kubica
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Double murder at a peaceful lakeside cottage leaves one child missing, another unharmed, and aunt Courtney questioning everything she thought she knew about her family. Kubica peels back layers of small-town secrets to reveal whether young Reese is victim or killer.
★ 4.03 Goodreads (49.9K ratings) - 3
All Good People Here
by Ashley Flowers, Alex Kiester
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Journalist Margot returns home to investigate her childhood neighbor's unsolved murder when another girl vanishes—true crime podcast expertise meets psychological thriller.
★ 3.82 Goodreads (342.8K ratings) - 4
A Killer's Mind
Zoe Bentley Mystery • Book 1
by Mike Omer
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FBI forensic psychologist Zoe Bentley faces three Chicago women found strangled, embalmed, and posed as living dolls—a case that forces her to confront disturbing echoes from her own past.
★ 4.22 Goodreads (63.7K ratings) - 5
You'll Never Know
by Caleb Stephens
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Grant Wilson's pregnant wife vanishes, leaving behind only cryptic clues and a ticking clock — solve the puzzles or lose everything he loves forever.
★ 4.04 Goodreads (20.1K ratings) - 6
In Her Skin
by Alex Kiester
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Debut author Meggie Meyer's book tour anxiety leads to a plan so crazy it might work—but swapping places with someone else brings consequences she never anticipated.
★ 3.76 Goodreads (448 ratings) - 7
The Sun Down Motel
by Simone St. James
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Thirty-five years after her aunt Viv vanished while working at the Sun Down Motel, Carly takes the same night shift job to investigate. The rundown motel holds supernatural secrets, but the human monsters prove far more dangerous than any ghost.
★ 3.99 Goodreads (195.3K ratings) - 8
Home Is Where the Bodies Are
by Jeneva Rose
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Cleaning out their dead mother's house, three estranged siblings discover she's been hiding murder victims in the basement for decades. Rose forces the family to confront not just their mother's secret life as a killer, but how family loyalty can blind us to monstrous truths.
★ 3.80 Goodreads (305.8K ratings) - 9
This Is Where It Ends
by Marieke Nijkamp
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Nijkamp traps readers inside Opportunity High School for exactly fifty-four minutes of terror, following different students as they hide, run, and fight back. The real-time format creates unbearable tension throughout.
★ 3.67 Goodreads (152.9K ratings) - 10
The Cartographers
by Peng Shepherd
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What starts as a family reconciliation story becomes a hunt for a map that people will kill to possess, blending academic intrigue with genuine danger.
★ 3.63 Goodreads (81.3K ratings)