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I am thrilled to be taking part in the Random Things blog
tour for Local and Missing today. I received a copy of the book as part of the
tour.
Local Gone Missing is Fiona Barton’s fourth book and it
follows Detective Elise King who has been on sick leave for a while and is
wondering if she really wants to return. She lives in the small seaside town of
Ebbing, where the book is set, and has got into the habit of people watching –
seeing the locals who hate change, the city dwellers who come for the weekend
ad those turning old bungalows into luxury villas.
While Elise likes to guess what is going on in everyone’s
lives, Dee her cleaner usually knows, but will never tell.
However, things change when a newcomer decides to out on a
music festival where two teenagers end up in hospital and a man goes missing.
The detective in Elise starts looking for clues, she thinks it will be easy to
find them since Ebbing is a small town, but she has underestimated how deep
some of the connections are.
I loved this book – it’s full of suspense and the short
chapters kept me up reading all night – I literally couldn’t put this down.
The book jumps back to before the event, so you get to know the
characters before everything happens. I really liked this aspect – especially learning
about Charlie.
If you are a fan of thrillers you will love this book!
5 stars
