Local Woman Missing
Book Playlist

Local Woman Missing Playlist

by Mary Kubica

20 tracks
balanced
Nov 2, 2026

The instrumental opening moves between the calm surface of a neighborhood and the unease beneath it, with restrained piano, strings, and shadowy rhythms. The vocal half traces the disappearances, the strain on families and neighbors, and the disquieting force of Delilah’s return; several songs evoke individual characters without pretending to reveal the mystery’s answers.

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Track List

20 songs
1

Hand Covers Bruise

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross · The Social Network

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2

Intriguing Possibilities

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross · The Social Network

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3

Helicon 1

Mogwai · Ten Rapid

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4

Fragile

God Is An Astronaut · All Is Violent, All Is Bright (2011 Remastered Edition)

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5

Safe in the Steep Cliffs

Emancipator · Safe in the Steep Cliffs

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6

Plus tôt

Alexandra Streliski · INSCAPE

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7

Prelude for Time Feelers

Eluvium · Pianoworks

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8

She's Lost Control - 2007 Remaster

Joy Division · Unknown Pleasures (Collector's Edition)

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9

Little Talks

Of Monsters and Men · My Head Is An Animal

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10

Runaway

Del Shannon · Runaway with Del Shannon

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11

The Mother We Share

CHVRCHES · The Bones Of What You Believe

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12

How to Be a Heartbreaker

MARINA · Electra Heart (Deluxe)

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13

Family

Mother Mother · No Culture (Deluxe)

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14

House of the Rising Sun

The Animals · The Complete Animals

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15

Missing

Everything But The Girl · Amplified Heart

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16

No Children

The Mountain Goats · Tallahassee

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17

Little Black Submarines

The Black Keys · El Camino

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18

Untitled #3 - Samskeyti

Sigur Rós · ( )

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19

Naima

John Coltrane · Atlantic Jazz Legends

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20

Gymnopédie No. 1

Erik Satie · Entremont Plays Satie

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