Local Girl Missing

In "Local Girl Missing," the haunting mystery of a twenty-one-year-old's disappearance is revisited when Francesca "Frankie" Howe returns to her hometown after human remains are discovered near an old Victorian pier. Eighteen years after her best friend, Sophie Collier, vanished, Frankie teams up with Sophie’s brother, Daniel—the local newspaper editor convinced that foul play was involved. As Frankie stays in a rental overlooking the pier, eerie visions of Sophie and unsettling memories resurface, pushing her to uncover the truth behind Sophie’s disappearance and confront the chilling secrets of their past. Bestselling author Claire Douglas weaves a captivating psychological thriller filled with suspense and emotional depth.