'I'd follow her anywhere' GILLIAN FLYNN 'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' TESS GERRITSEN 'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY _________________________________________ FROM THE AUTHOR OF PIECES OF HER, NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES. A heart-racing thriller from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author. A missing girl. A family torn apart. An unsolved mystery. Twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia Scott's older sister vanished without a trace. Her disappearance had a devastating ...
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'I'd follow her anywhere' GILLIAN FLYNN 'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' TESS GERRITSEN 'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY _________________________________________ FROM THE AUTHOR OF PIECES OF HER, NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES. A heart-racing thriller from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author. A missing girl. A family torn apart. An unsolved mystery. Twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia Scott's older sister vanished without a trace. Her disappearance had a devastating effect on their family. Now another teenage girl is missing, and the circumstances of her disappearance are hauntingly similar to Julia's . . . It's up to Lydia and Claire to revisit their past, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago. Will they be able to face what they find along the way? _________________________________________ Crime and thriller masters know there's nothing better than a little Slaughter: 'Passion, intensity, and humanity' LEE CHILD 'A writer of extraordinary talents' KATHY REICHS 'Fiction doesn't get any better than this' JEFFERY DEAVER 'A great writer at the peak of her powers' PETER JAMES 'Raw, powerful and utterly gripping' KATHRYN STOCKETT 'With heart and skill Karin Slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the last' CAMILLA LACKBERG 'Amongst the world's greatest and finest crime writers' YRSA SIGUR???ARD???TTIR Karin Slaughter, Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, June 2023
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Karin Slaughter is a virtuoso of psychological suspense. She can spin a tale like few others.
It's as if she's a great master painter. She brushes in, with fine strokes, the plot. the backstory, the complex characters and their relationships, the details, the truth, and the love until a masterpiece of suspenseful storytelling is revealed.
This subject matter of this narrative is dark and disturbing and graphic. But, as with the best suspense, a lot is left to the imagination. Which is scarier. It is handled well and necessary to the story.
Atlanta, Georgia - 2015: Sixteen-year-old Anna Kilpatrick is missing.
March 4, 1991 - Athens, Georgia: Nineteen-year-old Julia Carroll goes missing from the University of Georgia campus and is never found. She leaves behind her parents and two younger sisters.
2015 - Claire Scott is married to a rich, successful architect, Paul. She a hasn't spoken to her older sister in 20 years. Since Lydia accused Claire's then boyfriend Paul of trying to rape her.
Lydia Delgado is a single mom with a great daughter, Dee. Her boyfriend of ten tears, Rick Butler, she met at a 12-Step meeting. He's a nice guy.
Lydia hasn't talked to her family in 20 years.
After Paul is stabbed to death in an alley Claire discovers some truly horrifying files on his laptop.
As Paul's secrets unravel Claire wonders if she ever really knew her husband at all.
There's only one person she can think of to call...her sister, Lydia.
Together they delve into Paul's beyond sordid past and unearth a conspiracy that goes deeper and gets sicker than either one of them could ever imagine.
And a possible connection between the disappearance of their sister, Julia, 24 years ago and the missing girl, Anna.
When the entire truth is revealed, it will shake you to your core!
One word: Family.
Ms. Slaughter is among the very best. In fact...she rocks! (less)
