Local Gone Missing

By Fiona Barton

Book Overview

Detective Elise King investigates a man's disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and weekenders are at odds in this rich and captivating new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow.

Elise King is a successful and ambitious detective--or she was before a medical leave left her unsure if she'd ever return to work. She now spends most days watching the growing tensions in her small seaside town of Ebbing--the weekenders renovating old bungalows into luxury homes, and the locals resentful of the changes.

Elise can only guess what really happens behind closed doors. But Dee Eastwood, her house cleaner, often knows. She's an invisible presence in many of the houses in town, but she sees and hears everything.

The conflicts boil over when a newcomer wants to put the town on the map with a weekend music festival, and two teenagers overdose on drugs. When a man disappears the first night of the festival, Elise starts digging for answers. Ebbing is a small town, but it's full of secrets and hidden connections that run deeper and darker than Elise could have ever imagined.

Barton presents such an embarrassment of riches. . . .Layers and layers of unlovely revelations about people who seemed perfectly nice. --Kirkus Reviews
A captivating read. A first-grade suspense novel and highly recommended. --MysteryTribune

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1984803042
• ISBN13: 9781984803047
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Mystery Suspense

This is a Mystery Suspense. I loved the characters in this book so much. The characters felt real, and I really did not guess who did it. I loved the drama ride this book took me on. The ending of this book was really good, and the reveal was done so well. I received an ARC of this book. This review is my own honest opinion about the book like all my reviews are.