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Eine Stadt voller Geheimnisse. Ein Killer ohne Grenzen Als eine Polizistin in ihrem Haus brutal angegriffen wird, gerät der Frieden in der Kleinstadt Verona ins Wanken. Bei ihren Ermittlungen stößt Sheriff Emmy Clifton auf eine jahrzehntealte Verschwörung, in die die mächtigsten Persönlichkeiten der Stadt verstrickt sind. Gemeinsam mit ihrer Schwester, der ehemaligen Bundesagentin Jude Archer, wird sie in ein Labyrinth aus Lügen und Schweigen hineingezogen, in dem jemand skrupellos mordet. Während mächtige Feinde im Schatten lauern, beginnt für Emmy und Jude ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, der alles zerstören könnte, was ihnen lieb ist. Psychologisch, temporeich, düster – einfach brillant »Man sollte Karin Slaughters Thriller mit einem Warnhinweis für Leser mit schwachen Nerven versehen … « The Guardian

*Special Collector's Edition available to the first UK print run only! Featuring a beautiful foil on board design beneath the dust jacket, make sure to pre-order your copy. Available while stocks last.* This gripping first installment in a new crime thriller series from a No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author promises an engaging experience. With praise highlighting its depth and intensity, readers can expect a powerful narrative. Welcome to North Falls, a small town where everyone knows each other, yet the truth remains elusive. Emmy Clifton, a lifelong resident, believes she understands her neighbors and the ordinary summer night ahead. But when her best friend's daughter seeks help, Emmy dismisses it as typical teenage drama. As the girl goes missing, the town erupts, and Emmy dedicates herself to the search, only to discover that true knowledge of a town comes from uncovering its secrets. Is she prepared for the revelations that await? This novel captures the essence of small-town America, exploring complex family dynamics filled with secrets and paranoia, making it a compelling and intricately woven thriller that will keep readers enthralled from beginning to end.

The incredible new thriller featuring Will Trent and Sara Linton from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author!

After that night, nothing was ever the same againFifteen years ago, Sara Linton's life changed forever when a celebratory night out ended in a violent attack that tore her world apart. Since then, Sara has remade her life. A successful doctor, engaged to a man she loves, she has finally managed to leave the past behind her.Until one evening, on call in the ER, everything changes. Sara battles to save a broken young woman who's been brutally attacked. But as the investigation progresses, led by GBI Special Agent Will Trent, it becomes clear that Dani Cooper's assault is uncannily linked to Sara's. And it seems the past isn't going to stay buried forever.

La autora Karin Slaughter presenta un electrizante thriller protagonizado por la recién nombrada Marshal de EE. UU. Andrea Oliver, quien investiga un caso sin resolver relacionado con el pasado de su padre. En Longbill Beach, en 1982, Emily Vaughn se prepara para el baile de graduación. Para una atleta inteligente, hermosa y querida, esta noche debería ser el punto culminante de su carrera escolar. Sin embargo, Emily guarda un secreto que, al final de la velada, será silenciado para siempre. Cuarenta años después, el asesinato de Emily sigue siendo un misterio. Su grupo de amigos se ha cerrado en sí mismo, su familia respetada y adinerada se ha replegado, y el pequeño pueblo ha pasado página tras el brutal ataque. Pero todo está a punto de cambiar. Andrea Oliver llega a Longbill Beach en su primera misión: proteger a un juez que recibe amenazas de muerte. Sin embargo, en realidad, Andrea está allí para buscar justicia por Emily. El asesino sigue suelto, y Andrea debe descubrir la verdad antes de que ella también sea silenciada.

Deze bundel bevat de volgende verhalen:Koud hartTwintig jaar waren ze getrouwd, jaren waarin Pam het beste van zichzelf heeft gegeven en altijd een trouwe echtgenote is geweest voor John. Maar nu zijn haar kansen gekeerd. Tijd voor Pam om een oude rekening te vereffenen....Doorn in mijn vleesIn een bar in Atlanta, waar de muziek boven de dansende menigte golft, pikt de knapste van twee tweelingbroers een meisje op. Samen gaan ze naar buiten. Wat gebeurt er daarna in de donkere schaduwen van de parkeerplaats?GepaktSpecial agent Will Trent wacht in een plaatselijk pompstation op zijn cola. Maar door Wills ruige undercoveruiterlijk zien de beveiligingscamera's en het verveelde personeel iemand anders: de gevaarlijke crimineel Bill Black.Laatste ademCharlie Quinn is dertien wanneer twee mannen hun huis binnendringen om wraak te nemen op haar vader. Jaren later denkt Charlie dat ze de verschrikkingen achter zich heeft gelaten, tot haar leven opnieuw in een nachtmerrie verandert...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her and The Silent Wife, an electrifying standalone thriller. Karin Slaughter is back with her first nail-biting standalone since 2018!

Special agent Will Trent wacht in een plaatselijk pompstation op zijn ijskoude cola. Maar door Wills ruige undercoveruiterlijk zien de beveiligingscameras en het verveelde personeel iemand anders: de gevaarlijke crimineel Bill Black. De hel die plotseling in de winkel losbreekt stelt Will - en zijn misdadige alter ego - zwaar op de proef. Een agent wordt neergeschoten, een zak met geld valt op de vloer. Een jonge vrouw verdwijnt spoorloos, en de dader vlucht weg in een gehavende pick-up, op de hielen gezeten door Will...

He watches. A woman runs alone in the woods. She convinces herself she has no reason to be afraid, but she's wrong. A predator is stalking the women of Grant County. He lingers in the shadows, until the time is just right to snatch his victim. He waits. A decade later, the case has been closed. The killer is behind bars. But then another young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead, and the MO is identical. He takes. Although the original trail has gone cold - memories have faded, witnesses have disappeared - agent Will Trent and forensic pathologist Sara Linton must re-open the cold case. But the clock is ticking, and the killer is determined to find his perfect silent wife.

Twintig jaar waren ze getrouwd, jaren waarin Pam het beste van zichzelf heeft gegeven en altijd een trouwe echtgenote is geweest voor John. Tot hij haar publiekelijk vernederde en vervolgens berooid achterliet. Maar nu zijn haar kansen gekeerd. John heeft niet lang meer te leven en vraagt haar hulp. Tijd voor Pam om een oude rekening te vereffenen...

New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter brings back Will Trent and Sara Linton in this superb and timely thriller full of devious twists, disturbing secrets, and shocking surprises you won’t see coming A mysterious kidnapping On a hot summer night, a scientist from the Centers for Disease Control is grabbed by unknown assailants in a shopping center parking lot. Vanished into thin air, the authorities are desperate to save the doctor. A devastating explosion One month later, the serenity of a sunny Sunday afternoon is shattered by the boom of a ground-shaking blast—followed by another seconds later. One of Atlanta’s busiest and most important neighborhood’s has been bombed—the location of Emory University, two major hospitals, the FBI headquarters, and the CDC. A diabolical enemy Medical examiner Sara Linton and her partner Will Trent, an investigator with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, rush to the scene—and into the heart of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to destroy thousands of innocent lives. When the assailants abduct Sara, Will goes undercover to save her and prevent a massacre—putting his own life on the line for the woman and the country he loves.

A time capsule is unearthed from a school playground - containing a threat of deaths to come. As Freyja and Huldar look for the writer, the murders start...

Get ready for a turbo-charged short read (80 pages) from two of the world's biggest thriller writers - Karin Slaughter and Lee Child.

BY THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Terror, twists, and trepidation. Look for Me is a triple-salvo thriller.' Kathy Reichs 'A complex crime scene, a missing girl, a ticking clock: no one writes a more page-turning, gut-wrenching, edgy thriller. LOOK FOR ME is a page turner par excellence.' Tess Gerritsen 'Starts with a bang and never lets up! An utterly absorbing story about troubled families and twisted fates.' Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door Detective DD Warren and Flora Dane are in a race against time to save a young girl's life - or bring her to justice. A family home has become a crime scene. Five people are involved: four of them have been savagely murdered; one - a sixteen-year-old girl - is missing. Was she lucky to have escaped? Or is her absence evidence of something sinister? Detective D. D. Warren is on the case, as is survivor-turned-avenger Flora Dane. Seeking different types of justice, they must make sense of the clues left behind by a young woman who, as victim or suspect, is silently pleading, Look for me.

La madre de Helena fue secuestrada de adolescente y mantenida en una cabaña aislada en el pantano de Michigan. Sin electricidad ni agua corriente, y sin personas cercanas. Helena, que nació dos años después, amaba la vida allí: cazar, pescar, ser uno con la naturaleza. A pesar del temperamento y el comportamiento a menudo brutal de su padre, lo quería. Hasta que descubrió cuán cruel era realmente. Veinte años después, Helena ha construido una vida estable. Pero entonces su padre escapa de la prisión. Es probable que se esconda en el pantano que conoce como nadie. La policía inicia una gran cacería, pero Helena sabe que no tiene ninguna posibilidad. Ella es la única que puede encontrar a su padre, porque ha aprendido los secretos del pantano precisamente de él.

The gripping standalone thriler from No. 1 internationally bestselling author Karin Slaughter, soon to be a Netflix series

The fantastic prequel to THE GOOD DAUGHTER, the stunning new standalone from the No. 1 bestselling author of the Will Trent and Grant County series.

'Simplemente una de las mejores escritoras de thriller en la actualidad. La seguiría a cualquier parte'. -Gillian Flynn

Esposas y esposos. Madres e hijas. El pasado y el futuro. Los secretos los unen, y los secretos pueden destruirlos. La autora de "Pretty Girls" regresa con un electrizante thriller que sumerge a su protagonista en un oscuro misterio que amenaza con desmantelarlo. Cuando se descubre un asesinato en un sitio de construcción abandonado, Will Trent, del Buró de Investigación de Georgia, es llamado para investigar. El caso se complica cuando la víctima es identificada como un ex-policía. Sara Linton, la nueva médico forense del GBI y amante de Will, se da cuenta de que la extensa pérdida de sangre no pertenece al cadáver. Huellas de sangre conducen lejos de la escena, indicando a otra víctima—una mujer—que está en peligro inminente. Para complicar las cosas, el sitio es propiedad de un poderoso atleta, protegido por abogados de alto nivel, que ha evadido la justicia. A medida que avanza la investigación, pruebas vinculan el problemático pasado de Will con el caso, amenazando con interrumpir su vida y la de quienes lo rodean, incluidos colegas, familiares y amigos. Este relato, lleno de suspense y ritmo acelerado, presenta personajes en conflicto y entrelaza magistralmente un cautivador procedimiento policial con un thriller psicológico, explorando temas de amor, pérdida y redención.

The compelling new standalone novel from the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of Unseen and Cop Town. With a missing girl in the news, Claire Scott can't help but be reminded of her sister, who disappeared twenty years ago in a mystery that was never solved. But when Claire begins to learn the truth about her sister, nothing will ever be the same.

'Crime writing at its unputdownable, nerve-tingling best' HARLAN COBEN THE VICTIMS In Boston, Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles investigate a bizarre murder. A man has been found gutted and hanging in his home. When the remains of another victim are found, it is clear that this murderer has been at work for years, and not just in Boston. THE KILLER Five years ago, a group of travellers set off on an African safari. None of them was seen again âe" apart from one woman who stumbled out of the bush weeks later, barely alive. The only woman to have seen the killerâe(tm)s face. THE SURVIVOR Has the âe~safari killerâe(tm) resurfaced in Boston? Jane is sent to Africa to find the one link between the two cases âe" the only survivor. And convince her to face death once again...

Sent to Macon for an undercover mission to infiltrate a drug and prostitution ring, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Agent Will Trent hides the facts about his latest assignment from his girlfriend, Sara Linton, when the stakes prove higher than any he has yet encountered.

'Karin Slaughter is simply one of the best thriller writers working today, and Cop Town shows the author at the top of her game âe" relentless pacing, complex characters, and gritty realism, all set against the backdrop of a city on the edge. Slaughterâe(tm)s eye for detail and truth is unmatched . . . Iâe(tm)d follow her anywhere.' Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl Atlanta, 1974. As a brutal killing and a furious manhunt rock the city, Kate Murphy wonders if her first day on the police force will also be her last. For life is anything but easy in the male-dominated world of the Atlanta Police Department, where even the other female cops have little mercy for the new girl. Kate isnâe(tm)t the only woman on the force who is finding things tough. Maggie Lawson followed her uncle and brother into the ranks to prove her worth in their cynical eyes. When Maggie and Kate become partners, and are sidelined in the search for the cityâe(tm)s cop killer, their fury, pain, and pride finally reach boiling point. With the killer poised to strike again, will Kate and Maggie have the courage to pursue their own line of investigation? And are they prepared to risk everything as they venture into the cityâe(tm)s darkest heart?

The past will always find you. A woman is found brutally murdered in a sordid Atlanta apartment. Her blood-soaked body bears a startling similarity to a woman found dead almost 40 years earlier. Soon Special Agent Will Trent finds himself returning to the home he grew up in. And a past that could hold the clue to the killings ...

Scandinavia's undisputed queen of crime fiction, Liza Marklund is the #1 international bestselling author of the Annika Bengtzon series, now available for the first time in Canada from Vintage Canada. Rookie reporter Annika Bengtzon has a coveted, yet temporary, position at a major Stockholm tabloid. Before she has had the slightest chance to adapt to the bullish and fast-paced world of news journalism, a dead body is found at a city cemetery. The victim is an exotic dancer who has been raped and strangled, and the prime suspect is a government minister. Annika realizes that this could become her breakthrough story. But as she exposes the dark underworld of sex clubs, chauvinism and corruption, she is drawn deep into a dangerous world of sex and violence.

'That night he did something so controversial that he'd rather be suspected of murder than tell anyone what he was really doing. What could possibly be worse than that?' Trainee journalist Annika Bengtzon has secured a summer placement at Sweden's biggest tabloid newspaper. She's desperate for this to be her big break, although manning the tip-off phoneline isn't quite what she had in mind... Until a caller tells her that the naked body of a young woman has been found in a nearby cemetery. As she pieces together details of the young woman's life, Annika stumbles across video footage that places the main suspect hundreds of miles from the crime scene, right at the time of the murder. Are the police looking for the wrong man? There is suddenly far more at stake here than Annika's career, and the more questions she asks, the more she leaves herself dangerously exposed .

De eerste twee delen van de succesvolle, bloedstollende Sara Linton-serie in één band. Nachtschade In het slaapstadje Grant County wordt een jonge lerares verkracht en vermoord. De vrouw wordt gevonden door Sara Linton, de plaatselijke kinderarts en lijkschouwer. Samen met politiecommissaris Jeffrey Tolliver, haar grote liefde van vroeger met wie ze op gespannen voet staat, probeert Sara het mysterie van de moord op te lossen. Zoenoffer De dertienjarige Jenny laat zich moedwillig neerschieten door politiecommissaris Jeffrey Tolliver. Bij de lijkschouwing doet Sara Linton een schokkende ontdekking die wijst in de richting van misbruik. Sara werkt in het onderzoek samen met rechercheur Lena Adams, maar is zij wel tegen de spanningen opgewassen? Als de ontknoping nabij is, slaat het noodlot opnieuw toe.

It could have been just any night, and they could have just been any two brothers -- but it wasn't, and they weren't. The scene is an Atlanta bar. The music is loud and the dance floor is packed. The good-looking brother picks up a girl. But when dark deeds ensue out in the parking lot, what happens next can only be described in two words: vintage Slaughter.

An anthology of twenty-five previously unpublished works includes contributions by such favorite genre authors as Stephen Coontz, Alex Kava, and Karin Slaughter, and a selection of up-and-coming writers.

On the day she was abducted, thirty-two year-old Annie Sullivan had three goals - sell a house, forget a recent argument with her mother, and be on time for dinner with her ever-patient boyfriend. Then a van pulls up outside the house she is selling. Annie thinks it's her lucky day. But nothing could be further from the truth... Annie wakes to find herself in a remote mountain location with only her kidnapper, "The Freak", for company. Subjected to his sadistic treatment for over a year Annie eventually escapes, but begins to suspect that someone in her former life wanted her gone - and isn't pleased she's back. 'Stevens skilfully juxtapositions the back story of Annie's captivity, with the front story of a woman desperately trying to reclaim her old life. As with all great suspense novels, the surprises abound. Annie thought she'd survived the worst with The Freak. But has she?' Lisa Gardner

June Connor heeft nog één dag voor ze sterft. Eén dag waarin ze de confrontatie aan kan gaan met haar verleden.

When the body of a young woman is discovered deep beneath the icy waters of Lake Grant, a note left under a rock by the shore points to suicide. But within minutes, it becomes clear that this is no suicide. It's a brutal, cold-blooded murder. All too soon former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton - home for Thanksgiving after a long absence - finds herself unwittingly drawn into the case. The chief suspect is desperate to see her but when she arrives at the local police station she is met with a horrifying sight - he lies dead in his cell, the words 'Not me? scrawled across the walls. Something about his confession doesn't add up and deeply suspicious of the detective in charge, Lena Adams, Sara immediately calls the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Shortly afterwards, Special Agent Will Trent is brought in from his vacation to investigate. But he is immediately confronted with a wall of silence. Grant County is a close-knit community with loyalties and ties that run deep. And the only person who can tell the truth about what really happened is dead...

La tercera novela de Will Trent. Hace tres años y medio, la ex médico forense de Grant County, Sara Linton, se mudó a Atlanta con la esperanza de dejar atrás su trágico pasado. Ahora trabaja como doctora en el Hospital Grady de Atlanta y comienza a reconstruir su vida. Pero cuando una joven gravemente herida es llevada a la sala de emergencias, se ve arrastrada de nuevo a un mundo de violencia y terror. La mujer ha sido atropellada, pero, desnuda y brutalizada, es evidente que ha sido presa de una mente retorcida. Cuando el Agente Especial Will Trent del Equipo de Investigación Criminal regresa al lugar del accidente, descubre una cámara de tortura enterrada en la tierra. Esta casa de horror oculta revela una verdad espantosa: la paciente de Sara es solo la primera víctima de un asesino sádico. Arrebatar el caso al jefe de policía local lleva a Will y su compañera Faith Mitchell al centro de una macabra cacería de asesinatos. Y Sara, Will y Faith, cada uno con sus propias heridas y secretos, son lo único que se interpone entre un loco y su próximo crimen.

Georgia Bureau of Investigations Detective Faith Mitchell, her partner Will Trent, and trauma doctor Sara Linton join forces to find Faith's mother, missing after a deadly hostage situation that leaves Faith a murder suspect -- and the scapegoat for police corruption, bribery, and murder

Crime fiction obsessive Martin Reed is the proverbial butt of everyone s jokes. Working as a glorified accountant at Southern Toilet Supply and still living with his cantankerous mother, he has become resigned to the world in which he lives the school b

Discover second book in the gripping Will Trent series, from the Sunday Times bestselling crime and thriller author. 'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY 'One of the boldest thriller writers working today!' TESS GERRITSEN Now a major TV Series on Disney+ ----------- When Atlanta housewife Abigail Campano comes home one afternoon, she walks into a nightmare. A broken window, a bloody footprint on the stairs and her teenage daughter lying dead on the landing, a man standing over her with a knife. The struggle which follows changes Abigail's life forever. Now, in the relentless heat of a Georgia summer, Special Agent Will Trent must find the brutal killer who has targeted one of Atlanta's wealthiest, most privileged communities - before it's too late... ----------- Crime and thriller masters know there's nothing better than a little Slaughter- 'Passion, intensity, and humanity' LEE CHILD 'I'd follow her anywhere' GILLIAN FLYNN 'A writer of extraordinary talents!!' KATHY REICHS 'Fiction does not 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 very last' CAMILLA LACKBERG 'Amongst the world's greatest and finest crime writers' YRSA SIGUR ARD TTIR Karin Slaughter, Sunday Times bestseller, July 2023

“Powerful and complex . . . [Karin] Slaughter gradually unspools her fascinating story, all the way up to its shocking conclusion.”—Chicago Sun-Times In a small Georgia town, Detective Lena Adams is accused of a vicious murder. A hundred miles away, Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver learns that his young detective has been arrested. And Jeffrey’s wife, pediatrician and medical examiner Sara Linton, fighting a heartbreaking malpractice suit, is thrust into the center of a bizarre and murderous case. For Lena has fled to the place where she grew up, careening back through the shadows of her past. Now only Jeffrey and Sara can free Lena from the web of lies that has trapped her—as this powerful novel races toward its shattering climax and a final, unforgettable twist. Praise for Karin Slaughter and Beyond Reach “Will leave you breathless.”—USA Today “Slaughter writes with a razor.”—The Plain Dealer “Slaughter will have you on the edge of your seat.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer

When Atlanta police detective Michael Ormewood is called out to a murder scene at the notorious Grady Homes, he finds himself faced with one of the most brutal killings of his career: Aleesha Monroe is found in the stairwell in a pool of her own blood, her body horribly mutilated.

Zestien geschakelde verhalen van vijftien auteurs over hoe verzuurde relaties kunnen leiden tot dramatische en spannende gebeurtenissen.

Hay muchas formas de morir, pero unas son más aterradoras que otras... Un paseo por el bosque se convierte en algo siniestro para el jefe de policía Jeffrey Tolliver y la forense Sara Linton, cuando topan con el cuerpo de una joven. Las evidencias iniciales sugieren que ha sido asustada literalmente hasta la muerte. Pero cuando Sara comienza a hacer la autopsia, algo todavía más horripilante sale a la luz... Algo que incluso conmociona a Sara. La detective Lena Adams es llamada durante sus vacaciones para resolver el caso, y la pista pronto conduce al condado vecino, una comunidad aislada, y a un terrible secreto. Aunque la policia lo ignora, no es la primera vez que ocurre, y quizá tampoco sea la última. Aquella desdichada joven, sepultada en vida no es sólo la víctima de un crimen atroz. Para su asesino es fruto de cumplir con su obligación. Abby Bennett merecía terminar así, y también las otras, perseguidas y condenadas a pagar el precio de sus actos.

'Vrouwen lezen meer thrillers dan mannen. Dat komt, vermoed ik, omdat vrouwen hun angsten op een veilige manier onder ogen willen zien. In mijn boeken verliezen vrouwen dikwijls hun onschuld maar winnen ook aan inzicht, in zichzelf en anderen. De vrouwen in mijn boeken herwinnen de controle over hun leven, nadat ze die eerst verloren waren. Dat is de ultieme aantrekkingskracht van mijn boeken.Dit boekje bevat:* Interview: 'Stemmen in het hoofd'* Verhaal: Onmisbare vrouwen* Verhaal: Aan de grond genageld* Verhaal: De zegen van het gebroken zijn* Voorpublicatie: Trouweloos* Bibliografie

'Brilliantly chilling' heat When medical examiner Sara Linton and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver take a trip away from the small town of Heartsdale, it should be a straightforward weekend at the beach. But they decide to take a detour via Jeffrey's hometown and things go violently wrong when Jeffrey's best friend Robert shoots dead an intruder who breaks into his home. Jeffrey and Sara are first on the scene and Jeffrey's keen to clear his friend's name, but for Sara things aren't so simple. And when Jeffrey appears to change the crime scene, Sara no longer knows who to trust. Twelve years later, Sara and Jeffrey are caught up in a shockingly brutal attack which threatens to destroy both their lives. But they're not random victims. They've been targeted. And it seems the past is catching up with both of them ... Praise for Karin Slaughter 'A great read ... crime fiction at its finest' Michael Connelly 'Indelible is a salutary reminder that Slaughter is one of the most riveting writesr in the field today' Sunday Express 'Unsparing, exciting, genuinely alarming' Literary Review 'Don't read this alone. Don't read this after dark.

First the kiss . . . then the blood. Sara Linton, pediatrician and medical examiner in Heartsdale, Georgia, knows only too well the horrors that can hide behind closed doors in a small community. But when a Saturday night argument between teenagers at the local skating rink leads to death—and a subsequent autopsy reveals evidence of ritualistic self-mutilation and long-term abuse—she realizes that true evil is closer than she imagined. Aided by her ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, and Detective Lena Adams, still traumatized by her brush with a maniac, Sara's investigation is frustrated at every turn by the cold silence of the family and friends of the slain girl. But the truth cannot be hidden forever, as Sara inexorably peels back the many layers of an inhuman outrage that goes far beyond mere murder. For an ominous cloud has settled over the young daughters and sons of Heartsdale—and those who would protect them must act quickly before all innocence here is devoured.

Unnerving, unrelenting, unputdownable. Sara Linton, medical examiner in the small town of Heartsdale, is called out to an apparent suicide on the local college campus. The mutilated body provides little in the way of clues - and the college authorities are keen to avoid a scandal - but for Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, things don't add up. Two more suspicious suicides follow, and a young woman is brutally attacked. For Sara, the violence strikes far too close to home. And as Jeffrey pursues the sadistic killer, he discovers that ex-police detective Lena Adams, now a security guard on campus, may be in possession of crucial information. But, bruised and angered by her expulsion from the force, Lena seems to be barely capable of protecting herself, let alone saving the next victim... Praise for Karin Slaughter 'A great read ... crime fiction at its finest' Michael Connelly 'Don't read this alone. Don't read this after dark. But do read it' Daily Mirror 'With Blindsighted, Karin Slaughter left a great many thriller writers looking anxiously over their shoulders. With Kisscut, she leaves most of them behind' John Connolly 'Fast-paced and unsettling ...

A small Georgia town erupts in panic when a young college professor is found brutally mutilated in the local diner. But it's only when town pediatrician and coroner Sara Linton does the autopsy that the full extent of the killer's twisted work becomes clear. Sara's ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, leads the investigation -- a trail of terror that grows increasingly macabre when another local woman is found crucified a few days later. But he's got more than a sadistic serial killer on his hands, for the county's sole female detective, Lena Adams -- the first victim's sister -- want to serve her own justice. But it is Sara who holds the key to finding the killer. A secret from her past could unmask the brilliantly malevolent psychopath .. or mean her death.