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Mary Kubica is a New York Times bestselling author of suspense thrillers including The Good Girl, The Other Mrs., and Local Woman Missing. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages and have sold over two million copies worldwide. She’s been described as “a helluva storyteller” (Kirkus) and “a writer of vice-like control” (Chicago Tribune), and her novels have been praised as “hypnotic” (People) and “thrilling and illuminating” (L.A. Times). She lives outside of Chicago with her husband and children.

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	Local Woman Missing 4.13 avg rating — 618,635 ratings — published 2021 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good Girl 3.81 avg rating — 263,843 ratings — published 2014 — 106 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just the Nicest Couple 3.57 avg rating — 187,955 ratings — published 2023 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Mrs. 3.75 avg rating — 138,380 ratings — published 2020 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	She's Not Sorry 3.79 avg rating — 118,660 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pretty Baby 3.70 avg rating — 66,466 ratings — published 2015 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't You Cry 3.50 avg rating — 62,260 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Every Last Lie 3.35 avg rating — 47,594 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When the Lights Go Out 3.19 avg rating — 31,059 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good Girl: Free Sampler 3.96 avg rating — 239 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I know how betrayal and disillusionment feel, when someone who could give you the world refuses even a tiny piece of it.”
― Mary Kubica, The Good Girl

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“The goal with teenagers is simply getting through it alive, with no permanent damage.”
― Mary Kubica, The Good Girl

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“But he holds me so tightly that for a moment, the emotions are at bay. The sadness and fear, the regret and the loathing. He bottles them up inside his arms so that for a split second I don’t have to be the one carrying the weight of them. For this moment, the burden is his.”
― Mary Kubica, The Good Girl

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Just the Nicest Couple

by Mary Kubica

6 votes, 20.7%

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

by Anthony Bourdain

4 votes, 13.8%

Girl, 11: A Novel of Suspense

by Amy Suiter Clarke

4 votes, 13.8%

The Mayor of Maxwell Street

by Avery Cunningham

4 votes, 13.8%

Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir

3 votes, 10.3%

Murder Road

by Simone St. James

3 votes, 10.3%

Dear Child

by Romy Hausmann

2 votes, 6.9%

Fable

by Adrienne Young

2 votes, 6.9%

Conversations with Friends

by Sally Rooney

1 vote, 3.4%

The Warm Hands of Ghosts

by Katherine Arden

0 votes, 0.0%

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