title: Local Girl Missing: A Novel
author:  Claire Douglas 
description: &#8220;Secrets hide behind secrets as Douglas slowly peels back the layers...<em>Local Girl Missing</em> had a supple, twisty shape and a sense of menace that never flags.&#8221; (<em>New York Times Book Review</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;Claustrophobic, twisty, creepy and dark, <i>Local Girl Missing</i> explores what happens when the discovery of some human remains opens up a cold case in an off-season seaside town. Narrator Francesca is forced to face up to a childhood she fled long ago, and confront uncomfortable truths about who she and the people she grew up amongst really are. It will keep you guessing right to the last page.&#8221; (Gilly Macmillan, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>What She Knew</i>)
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  ## Claire Douglas
  
  
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  ### LOCAL GIRL MISSING
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## Contents
  
  
  [THURSDAY](part0005_split_000.html#4OIQ0-6216f23acbae4d3a8063b35665272c48)
  
  
  [1: Frankie](part0006.html#5N3C0-6216f23acbae4d3a8063b35665272c48)
  
  
  [2: Sophie](part0007.html#6LJU0-6216f23acbae4d3a8063b35665272c48)
  
  
  [FRIDAY](part0008_split_000.html#7K4G0-6216f23acbae4d3a8063b35665272c48)
  
  
  [3: Frankie](part0009.html#8IL20-6216f23acbae4d3a8063b35665272c48)
  
  
  [4: Sophie](part0010.html#9H5K0-6216f23acbae4d3a8063b35665272c48)
  
  
  [5: Frankie](part0011.html#AFM60-6216f23acbae4d3a8063b35665272c48)
  
  
  [SATURDAY](part0012_split_000.html#BE6O0-6216f23acbae4d3a8063b35665272c48)
  
  
  [6: Frankie](part0013.html#CCNA0-6216f23acbae4d3a8063b35665272c48)
  
  
  [7: Sophie](part0014.html#DB7S0-6216f23acbae4d3a8063b35665272c48)
  
  
  [8: Frankie](part0015.html#E9OE0-6216f23acbae4d3a8063b35665272c48)
  
  
  [9: Sophie](part00