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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Tara ]] due to the homophobia and harassment she suffered. A local businessman also killed himself back in 1993 after refusing to pay kickbacks to Gordon and being ruined financially by him.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Tara A teenage girl, Tara, ]] due to the homophobia and harassment she suffered. A local businessman also killed himself back in 1993 after refusing to pay kickbacks to Gordon and being ruined financially by him.
* IntrepidReporter: The titular character, Stephanie Mailer, investigated the 1994 murders first-hand.
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* ToxicFriendInfluence: Leyla encouraged Carolina to do drugs and bully Tara.
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* AloneWithThePsycho: It happens to police officer Betsy Kanner at the end of the book.
* AloneWithThePsycho: It happens to police officer Betsy Kanner at the end of the book.
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!!''The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer'' contais examples of:
* ADeadlyAffair: [[spoiler:Subverted. Although Meghan cheated on her husband with Meta Ostrovski, which gives them both a motive for her murder, they both turn out to be innocent.]]
* AloneWithThePsycho: It happens to police officer Betsy Kanner at the end of the book.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Betsy Kanner's ex-husband Mark had an affair. [[spoiler: Meghan cheated on her husband with Meta Ostrovski, giving them both a motive for her murder, although they turn out to be innocent]]
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* StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder: A very peculiar version of this. [[spoiler: Michael Bird and Ted Tennenbaum both wanted local criminal Jeremiah Fold dead, as he was blackmailing them. Joseph Gordon wanted Meghan Padalin dead, so they agreed to swap victims but things didn't go as planned ]]
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* StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder: A very peculiar version of this. [[spoiler: Michael Bird and Ted Tennenbaum both wanted local criminal Jeremiah Fold dead, as he was blackmailing them. Joseph Gordon wanted Meghan Padalin dead, so they agreed to swap victims but with Tennenbaum acting as the intermediary and Bird and Gordon ignoring each other's identities.But things didn't go as planned ]]
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* NeverOneMurder: The story already starts off with the death of four people, but then the perpetrator adds two other murders and two attempted murders to their list of crimes before they are caught
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* NeverOneMurder: The story already starts off with the death of four people, but then Stephanie is killed, it's discovered that the 1994 presumed-accidental death of criminal Jeremiah Fold is related to the murders and the perpetrator adds kills two other murders people and attempts to kill two attempted murders to their list of crimes more before they are caught caught.
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* StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder: A very peculiar version of this. [[spoiler: Michael Bird and Ted Tennenbaum both wanted local criminal Jeremiah Fold dead, as he was blackmailing the first and extorting money from the latter. Joseph Gordon wanted Meghan dead, so they agreed to swap victims but things didn't go as planned ]]
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* StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder: A very peculiar version of this. [[spoiler: Michael Bird and Ted Tennenbaum both wanted local criminal Jeremiah Fold dead, as he was blackmailing the first and extorting money from the latter. them. Joseph Gordon wanted Meghan Padalin dead, so they agreed to swap victims but things didn't go as planned ]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: The Gordons' twelve year old son is murdered with his parents
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* WouldHurtAChild: The Gordons' twelve year old son is murdered with his parentsparents
* YourCheatingHeart: Betsy Kanner's ex-husband Mark had an affair. [[spoiler: Meghan cheated on her husband with Meta Ostrovski, giving them both a motive for her murder, although they turn out to be innocent]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Betsy Kanner's ex-husband Mark had an affair. [[spoiler: Meghan cheated on her husband with Meta Ostrovski, giving them both a motive for her murder, although they turn out to be innocent]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: There are people who would never testify against the killer for a very good reason, but the killer doesn't know that because their accomplice has kept those people's identity a secret, so they get murdered anyways. [[spoiler: Michael Bird knows that he has to kill Meghan, but he doesn't know that Joseph Gordon ordered the hit, so when he discovers that the Gordons witnessed the murder he kills them all ]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: There are people who would never testify against the killer for a very good reason, but the killer doesn't know that because their accomplice has kept those people's identity a secret, so they get murdered anyways. [[spoiler: Michael Bird knows that he has to kill Meghan, but he doesn't know that Joseph Gordon ordered the hit, so when he discovers that the Gordons witnessed the murder he kills them all ]]]]. The fact that Stephanie Mailer and Kirk Hayward are so cryptic with what they know also delays the solution of the case, with more people dying in the meantime.
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* BrokenAce: Jesse Rosenberg is the best cop of Orphea, nicknamed "Captain 100 Percent" because he solved every single case he's worked on. He's also still deeply struggling over the death of his girlfriend Natasha.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Carolina Eden comes across as this at first, but then it's revealed that she's struggling with trauma over what happened to her friend Tara.
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* TheLostLenore: Natasha is this for Jesse, twenty years after her death he still hasn't been able to move on. His grieving in the immediate aftermath of the accident also prevented him from receiving very important information about the murders. [[spoiler: Meghan Padalin is this for her former lover Meta Ostrovski, who is determined to find out who killed her]]
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* ThatOneCase: Former chief of police Kirk Hayward still obsesses over the 1994 murders even though he has long since resigned and started a new career.
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* AssholeVictim: It turns out that Joseph Gordon was a very corrupt and ruthless politician, with plenty of people who had a reason for wanting him dead. Jeremiah Fold was even worse, being responsible for a litany of crimes and forcing unwilling people to work for him.
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* AloneWithThePsycho: It happens to police officer Betsy Kanner at the end of the book.
* AssholeVictim: It turns out that Joseph Gordon was a very corrupt and ruthless politician, with plenty of people who had a reason for wanting him dead. Jeremiah Fold was even worse, being responsible for a litany of crimes from drug trafficking to murder, and forcing unwilling people to work for him.
* AssholeVictim: It turns out that Joseph Gordon was a very corrupt and ruthless politician, with plenty of people who had a reason for wanting him dead. Jeremiah Fold was even worse, being responsible for a litany of crimes from drug trafficking to murder, and forcing unwilling people to work for him.
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* NeverOneMurder: The story already starts off with the murder of four people, but then the perpetrator kills two other people and attempts to kill a further two before they are arrested.
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* NeverOneMurder: The story already starts off with the murder death of four people, but then the perpetrator kills adds two other people murders and attempts to kill a further two attempted murders to their list of crimes before they are arrested. caught
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* WouldHurtAChild: The Gordons' twelve year old son is murdered with his parents
* WouldHurtAChild: The Gordons' twelve year old son is murdered with his parents
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* AssholeVictim: It turns out that Joseph Gordon was a very corrupt and ruthless politician, with plenty of people who had a reason for wanting him dead. Jeremiah Fold was even worse, being responsible for a litany of crimes and forcing unwilling people to work for him.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Tara ]] due to the homophobia and harassment she suffered. A local businessman also killed himself back in 1993 after refusing to pay kickbacks to Gordon and being ruined financially by him.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: The murderer kills a person who would never have testified against them for a very good reason, because their accomplice didn't
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* PoorCommunicationKills: The murderer kills a person There are people who would never have testified testify against them the killer for a very good reason, but the killer doesn't know that because their accomplice didn't has kept those people's identity a secret, so they get murdered anyways. [[spoiler: Michael Bird knows that he has to kill Meghan, but he doesn't know that Joseph Gordon ordered the hit, so when he discovers that the Gordons witnessed the murder he kills them all ]]
* TheRunaway: Mylla was a teenage runaway who was taken in by Jeremiah Fold and eventually forced to work for him.
* TheRunaway: Mylla was a teenage runaway who was taken in by Jeremiah Fold and eventually forced to work for him.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Carolina Eden comes across as this at first, but then it's revealed that she's struggling with trauma over what happened to her friend Tara.
* HisNameIs: Carolina is shot just as she's about to recite a line from a play that should reveal the killer's name.
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* NeverOneMurder: The story already starts off with the murder of four people, but then the perpetrator kills two other people and attempts to kill a further two before their arrest.
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* NeverOneMurder: The story already starts off with the murder of four people, but then the perpetrator kills two other people and attempts to kill a further two before they are arrested.
* PoorCommunicationKills: The murderer kills a person who would never have testified against them for a very good reason, because theirarrest.accomplice didn't
* StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder: A very peculiar version of this. [[spoiler: Michael Bird and Ted Tennenbaum both wanted local criminal Jeremiah Fold dead, as he was blackmailing the first and extorting money from the latter. Joseph Gordon wanted Meghan dead, so they agreed to swap victims but things didn't go as planned ]]
* ToxicFriend: Leyla encouraged Carolina to do drugs and bully Tara. Tara herself counts, as she deliberately sabotaged Carolina's play and got her in trouble at school out of jealousy
* PoorCommunicationKills: The murderer kills a person who would never have testified against them for a very good reason, because their
* StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder: A very peculiar version of this. [[spoiler: Michael Bird and Ted Tennenbaum both wanted local criminal Jeremiah Fold dead, as he was blackmailing the first and extorting money from the latter. Joseph Gordon wanted Meghan dead, so they agreed to swap victims but things didn't go as planned ]]
* ToxicFriend: Leyla encouraged Carolina to do drugs and bully Tara. Tara herself counts, as she deliberately sabotaged Carolina's play and got her in trouble at school out of jealousy
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''The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer'' is a thriller written by Joël Dicker, author of ''The Truth About The Harry Quebert Case''.
In 2014, captain Jesse Rosenberg is about to retire from the police force of Orphea, a tourist town in the Hamptons. He's known as "Captain 100 Percent" because he solved every single case he investigated.
However, a young journalist named Stephanie Mailer tells him that he didn't find the real killer in his first ever case, the 1994 quadruple murder of then-mayor Joe Gordon, his wife and son and Meghan Padalin, a local woman who happened to be jogging by.
Soon after, Stephanie Mailer goes missing, prompting Jesse to re-examine the 1994 case while he searches for her.
Due to the significant number of plot twists, expect spoilers ahead.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason why most of the victims were killed
* JoggersFindDeath: Meghan Padalin is killed during her evening run
* NeverOneMurder: The story already starts off with the murder of four people, but then the perpetrator kills two other people and attempts to kill a further two before their arrest.
In 2014, captain Jesse Rosenberg is about to retire from the police force of Orphea, a tourist town in the Hamptons. He's known as "Captain 100 Percent" because he solved every single case he investigated.
However, a young journalist named Stephanie Mailer tells him that he didn't find the real killer in his first ever case, the 1994 quadruple murder of then-mayor Joe Gordon, his wife and son and Meghan Padalin, a local woman who happened to be jogging by.
Soon after, Stephanie Mailer goes missing, prompting Jesse to re-examine the 1994 case while he searches for her.
Due to the significant number of plot twists, expect spoilers ahead.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason why most of the victims were killed
* JoggersFindDeath: Meghan Padalin is killed during her evening run
* NeverOneMurder: The story already starts off with the murder of four people, but then the perpetrator kills two other people and attempts to kill a further two before their arrest.
