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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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Average rating: 3.86 · 1,582,940 ratings · 134,098 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	Local Woman Missing 4.13 avg rating — 638,183 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 — 266,237 ratings — published 2014 — 7 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 3.56 avg rating — 194,363 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 — 142,506 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 — 130,590 ratings — published 2024 — 21 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 — 67,509 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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 — 63,115 ratings — published 2016 — 66 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 3.34 avg rating — 48,614 ratings — published 2017 — 42 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 — 31,694 ratings — published 2018 — 32 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 — 241 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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January BOTM: Theme- Author's Debut Novel

Top 5 books will move on to the second round.

The Good Girl

by Mary Kubica

13 votes, 19.1%

The Snow Child

by Eowyn Ivey

11 votes, 16.2%

The Book of Speculation

by Erika Swyler

10 votes, 14.7%

The Help

by Kathryn Stockett

9 votes, 13.2%

The Enchanted

by Rene Denfeld

8 votes, 11.8%

A Land More Kind Than Home

by Wiley Cash

6 votes, 8.8%

The Creeping

by Alexandra Sirowy

3 votes, 4.4%

South of Superior

by Ellen Airgood

3 votes, 4.4%

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

by Agatha Christie

2 votes, 2.9%

Daughter of the Forest

by Juliet Marillier

1 vote, 1.5%

Behind the Scenes at the Museum

by Kate Atkinson

1 vote, 1.5%

Everything Is Illuminated

by Jonathan Safran Foer

1 vote, 1.5%

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