Sisters. Strangers. Survivors.More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia's teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss--a devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's husband is killed.The disappearance of a ...
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Sisters. Strangers. Survivors.More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia's teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss--a devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's husband is killed.The disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart: what could connect them? Forming a wary truce, the surviving sisters look to the past to find the truth, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago . . . and uncovering the possibility of redemption, and revenge, where they least expect it.Powerful, poignant, and utterly gripping, packed with indelible characters and unforgettable twists, Pretty Girls is a masterful novel from one of the finest writers working today.Included with this gripping thriller is Karin Slaughter's chilling short story "Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes."
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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)
