No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfield beckons thrill-seeking crime fiction fans with a gruesome murder in the atmospheric New England town of Copper Falls. Rosenfield's fast-paced plot features sharp angles and multiple viewpoints, culminating in a series of dramatic, unforeseeable twists.
Lizzie Ouelette is known in her hometown as "the junkyard girl." Raised on her father's junkyard and derided by the town as a misfit, there's nothing wholesome about Lizzie's upbringing. A dark, ferocious cloud seems to follow her, even when she shocks the town by marrying high school baseball star Dwayne Cleaves.
But now Lizzie is dead, found shot at her lake cabin with her nose cut off and her body stuffed into the garbage disposal. Dwayne is missing and there's no sign of Adrienne and Ethan Richards, the wealthy Boston couple who rented the cabin from Lizzie. When homicide detective Ian Bird is assigned to the case, he realizes Ethan is the infamous financier whose fraudulent actions destroyed the life savings of many innocent people, including Bird's parents.
Rosenfield (Inland; Amelia Anne Is Dead and Gone) alternates between Lizzie's story, narrated from beyond the grave, and scenes that drive the plot mysteriously deeper, daring readers with tantalizing hints and glimpses of what initially appears as a straightforward crime. No One Will Miss Her is the successful YA novelist's adult debut. At first glance Lizzie and the sophisticated Adrienne appear to have little in common, but as the mystery unfolds, Rosenfield's urgent plot throws a truly ingenious curveball and leaves readers with a haunting vision of the future. --Shahina Piyarali, reviewer