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Local Girl Missing

By Claire Douglas
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Publisher Description

Someone knows where she is…

The old Victorian pier was a thing of beauty until it was allowed to decay. It was where the youth of Oldcliffe-on-Sea would go to hang out. It’s also where twenty-one-year-old Sophie Collier disappeared eighteen years ago.
 
Francesca Howe, known as Frankie, was Sophie’s best friend, and even now she is haunted by the mystery of what happened to her. When Frankie gets a call from Sophie’s brother, Daniel, informing her that human remains have been found washed up nearby, she immediately wonders if it could be Sophie, and returns to her old hometown to try and find closure. Now an editor at a local newspaper, Daniel believes that Sophie was terrified of someone and that her death was the result of foul play rather than “death by misadventure,” as the police claim.

Daniel arranges a holiday rental for Frankie that overlooks the pier where Sophie disappeared. In the middle of winter and out of season, Frankie feels isolated and unnerved, especially when she is out on the pier late one night and catches a glimpse of a woman who looks like Sophie. Is the pier really haunted, as they joked all those years ago? Could she really be seeing her friend’s ghost? And what actually happened to her best friend all those years ago?

Harrowing, electrifying, and thoroughly compelling, Local Girl Missing showcases once again bestselling author Claire Douglas’ extraordinary storytelling talent.

 

268 Reviews

3.5
Believable charactersCharacters change and grow
Thinking Face“Read in 1 hour and 44 minutes. I didn’t click with this book as much as the author’s other books as the main character was so unlikeable. I found myself irritated and unsympathetic to the problems that she was facing during her forced return to the town where her missing best friend had died. The ending is somewhat satisfying but I didn’t feel much connection with any of the characters- it’s not a bad read, it’s just not a great one.”
Multi-layered charactersDarkAbuseSelf-harmSexual assaultViolenceUnengaging characters
Thinking Face
SuspensefulSexual assaultUnsatisfying endingUnsatisfying plot

About Claire Douglas

Claire Douglas is the Sunday Times number-one bestselling author of ten stand-alone novels, including: The Sisters, Local Girl Missing, Last Seen Alive, Do Not Disturb, Then She Vanishes, Just Like The Other Girls, The Couple at No. 9, The Girls Who Disappeared, and The Woman Who Lied. Her books have sold over a million copies in the UK and have been published worldwide. She lives in Bath, UK.



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