{"product_id":"local-gone-missing-by-fiona-barton-9780552175869","title":"Local Gone Missing","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLocal Gone Missing\u003c\/em\u003e by Fiona Barton is a rich and captivating new crime novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Widow\u003c\/em\u003e. Detective Elise King investigates a man's disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and weekenders are at odds with each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElise 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElise 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe conflicts in town boil over when a newcomer wants to put Ebbing on the map with a giant music festival, and a teenage girl ends up dead because of 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46501767282924,"sku":"9780552175869","price":20.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16035333482384.jpg?v=1748602553","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/local-gone-missing-by-fiona-barton-9780552175869","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}