18 must-read crime books like Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

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Local Woman Missing

By: Mary Kubica

4.14

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

People don’t just disappear without a trace.... Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not lon…

If you liked the crime plot in Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Then She Was Gone: A Novel

By: Lisa Jewell

3.54

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

Ten years after her teenage daughter disappears, a woman crosses paths with a charming single fathe… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's Then She Was Gone: A Novel book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook

2. Pretty Girls

By: Karin Slaughter

3.86

Format: None pages, Paperback

#1 internationally bestselling author Karin Slaughter returns with a sophisticated and chilling psy… read more

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3. None of This Is True

By: Lisa Jewell

4.12

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jewell's None of This Is True book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Acting as if there is something wrong with me, when there isn't. It's the world that's wrong, you and I both know that."

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

"Being with so many people felt right, and afterward at the wake thrown by Nathan's company at a huge bar in Paddington overlooking the canal, with seats outside and bottomless champagne and a playlis…"

-Lisa Jewell, None of This Is True

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4. First Lie Wins

By: Ashley Elston

4.05

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house w… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Elston's First Lie Wins book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Blunt honesty has more value than blind worship"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"It’s because you’re not ready to tell me the truth and I’d rather you not lie to me."

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

"There’s an old saying: The first lie wins. It’s not referring to the little white kind that tumble out with no thought; it refers to the big one. The one that changes the game. The one that is delibe…"

-Ashley Elston, First Lie Wins

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5. The Only One Left

By: Riley Sager

4.14

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

At seventeen, Lenora Hope Hung her sister with a rope Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Ho… read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's The Only One Left book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You're never alone when there's a book,' she used to say. 'Never ever."

-Riley Sager, The Only One Left

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6. The Teacher

By: Freida McFadden

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secret… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Teacher book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. Home Is Where the Bodies Are

By: Jeneva Rose

3.86

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn’t Have Come Here com… read more

Similar categories in Jeneva Rose's Home Is Where the Bodies Are book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. One by One

By: Freida McFadden

3.93

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

One by one, they will get what they deserve... A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not … read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's One by One book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"For the last week, Emma has crawled into our queen-sized bed every single night to sleep. Fortunately, Noah and I sleep with a gap the size of the Atlantic Ocean between us."

-Freida McFadden, One by One

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9. The Coworker

By: Freida McFadden

3.79

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

Two women. An office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can't be taken back Dawn Schif… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Coworker book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. Local Woman Missing

By: Mary Kubica

4.14

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

People don’t just disappear without a trace.... Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not lon… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. A Flicker in the Dark

By: Stacy Willingham

3.99

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end… read more

Similar categories in Stacy Willingham's A Flicker in the Dark book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The idea of him burying a body before returning home and kissing me goodnight ad meade me want to crawl out of my ski and live somwher relse. Somewhere far away."

-Stacy Willingham, A Flicker in the Dark

"Inside, a single firefly glows bright, its body pulsing with life. I stare at it for a while, my forehead pressed against my clenched fingers. I watch it radiate up close, flickering in my grasp, thi…"

-Stacy Willingham, A Flicker in the Dark

"When people get hurt physically, you can see it in the bruises and the scars, but when they’re hurt emotionally, mentally, it runs deeper than that. You can see every sleepless night in the reflectio…"

-Stacy Willingham, A Flicker in the Dark

"More often that not, it's just the thought of them that calms my nerves. I once told a claustrophobic patient to carry a single Xanax in her purse every time she boards a plane, its mere presence str…"

-Stacy Willingham, A Flicker in the Dark

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12. Never Lie

By: Freida McFadden

4.09

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams. But when they visit the … read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's Never Lie book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"my mother always said that the only way two people can keep a secret is if one of them is dead"

-Freida McFadden, Never Lie

"After all, my mother always said that the only way two people can keep a secret is if one of them is dead."

-Freida McFadden, Never Lie

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13. The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)

By: Freida McFadden

4.32

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

“Welcome to the family,” Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile polit… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1) book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"No puedo fiarme de nadie, salvo de mí misma."

-Freida McFadden, The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)

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14. The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)

By: Freida McFadden

4.24

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about th… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2) book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. The Inmate

By: Freida McFadden

4.06

Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition

There are three rules Brooke Sullivan must follow as a new nurse practitioner at a men's maximum-se… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Inmate book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. Keep It in the Family

By: John Marrs

4.09

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

In this chilling novel from bestselling author John Marrs, a young couple’s house hides terrible se… read more

Similar categories in John Marrs's Keep It in the Family book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"...we're only ever our true selves when we think we are alone."

-John Marrs, Keep It in the Family

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17. Ward D

By: Freida McFadden

4.01

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward.Amy has been dreadin… read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's Ward D book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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18. The Perfect Marriage

By: Jeneva Rose

3.97

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

Would you defend your husband if he was accused of killing his mistress? Sarah Morgan is a succe… read more

Similar categories in Jeneva Rose's The Perfect Marriage book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. Hidden Pictures

By: Jason Rekulak

4.16

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A wildly inventive spin on the supernatural thriller, about a woman working as a nanny for a young … read more

Similar categories in Jason Rekulak's Hidden Pictures book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Housemaid Is Watching (The Housemaid, #3) by Freida McFadden

20. The Housemaid Is Watching (The Housemaid, #3)

By: Freida McFadden

3.90

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

“You must be our new neighbors!” Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my … read more

Similar categories in Freida McFadden's The Housemaid Is Watching (The Housemaid, #3) book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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21. Ask for Andrea

By: Noelle W. Ihli

4.10

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Meghan, Brecia, and Skye have just one thing in common. They were all murdered by the same man. … read more

Similar categories in Noelle W. Ihli's Ask for Andrea book and Mary Kubica's Local Woman Missing

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

20 Best fiction books like Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

Transform Your Habits

Then She Was Gone: A Novel

Lisa Jewell

3.54

Transform Your Habits

None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

4.12

Transform Your Habits

First Lie Wins

Ashley Elston

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Only One Left

Riley Sager

4.14

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20 best-selling fiction books like The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose

Transform Your Habits

None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

4.12

Transform Your Habits

First Lie Wins

Ashley Elston

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Teacher

Freida McFadden

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Wife Upstairs

Freida McFadden

4.12

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