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Local Gone Missing
- Author
- Fiona Barton
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 9 June 2022
- Run Time
- 10 hours 20 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Psychological thriller, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction, Narrative theme: sense of place
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
Elise King is a successful and ambitious detective - or she was, before 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 in their fancy clothes, 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 cleaner, often knows. She's an invisible presence in many of the houses in town but she sees and hears everything.
The conflicts in town boil over when a newcomer wants to put Ebbing on the map with a giant music festival, and two teenagers overdose on drugs. When a man also disappears the first night of the festival, Elise is drawn back into her detective work and starts digging for answers. Ebbing is a small town, but it's full of myriad secrets and hidden connections that run deeper and darker than Elise could have ever imagined.
© Fiona Barton 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Critics Review
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Fiona Barton is a brilliant storyteller, a master of plot and character. I absolutely loved this smart, twisty novel!
Shari Lapena
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In the community of Ebbing, Fiona Barton has created a town full of suspense and a cast of characters with so many reasons to keep secrets buried deep. A dark and twisty read.
Nita Prose, bestselling author of THE MAID
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Tense and full of reveals and twists. This compulsively dark mystery is a joy to read. Fiona Barton never disappoints!
Lesley Kara, bestselling author of THE RUMOUR
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'I am a huge Fiona Barton fan and she just keeps getting better! I was completely swept up in this story of a seaside town full of dark secrets - the pace was perfect, the characters so skilfully drawn and the ending was masterful. I loved it!'
Katherine Faulkner, bestselling author of GREENWICH PARK
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A fab, twisty-turny mystery
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[A] spine-tingling, twisty thriller
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Details
- Author
- Fiona Barton
- Narrator
- Gabrielle Glaister, Nicholas Guy Smith, Jayne Entwistle
- Duration
- 10 hours 20 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 June 2022
- ISBN
- 9781529191035
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Psychological thriller, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction, Narrative theme: sense of place
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Elise King is a successful and ambitious detective - or she was, before 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 in their fancy clothes, 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 cleaner, often knows. She's an invisible presence in many of the houses in town but she sees and hears everything.The conflicts in town boil over when a newcomer wants to put Ebbing on the map with a giant music festival, and two teenagers overdose on drugs. When a man also disappears the first night of the festival, Elise is drawn back into her detective work and starts digging for answers. Ebbing is a small town, but it's full of myriad secrets and hidden connections that run deeper and darker than Elise could have ever imagined.© Fiona Barton 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
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