by KarinSlaughter (Author)
On an ordinary spring day, Special Agent Faith Mitchell of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation returns home to a nightmare. Expecting to find her mother minding Faith's new baby daughter Emma, she is horrified to discover Emma locked in the shed, her mother's safe open, her gun missing and a trail of blood to the front door. Without waiting for back-up, Faith enters the house to a scene of carnage. It has been torn apart and a man lies dead in a pool of blood. She stumbles across two more intruders, and within minutes they too are shot dead. And when the Atlanta police force turns up, Faith has some difficult questions to answer. But she has some desperate questions of her own. What were the killers searching for? Ex-Atlanta police chief Evelyn Mitchell was once under investigation by Faith's partner Will Trent. Is her mother directly involved this time, and where is she now? With Faith suspended from duty, Will, together with the help of Dr. Sara Linton, must piece together the fragments of a brutal and complicated case - and catch a deeply troubled and vicious murderer with only one thing on his mind. To keep on killing until the truth is finally revealed...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Publisher: Century
Published: 03 Nov 2011
ISBN 10: 1846058937
ISBN 13: 9781846058936
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Praise for Karin Slaughter
Karin Slaughter is one of the best crime novelists in America. -- The Washington Post
Karin Slaughter is one of the boldest thriller writers working today. --Tess Gerritsen
Crime fiction at its finest. --Michael Connelly
A complex, gripping and deadly serious novel that reflects anew Slaughter's abundant talent. --The Washington Post
An amazing effort . . . This is [Karin] Slaughter's best book to date, and readers unfamiliar with her work will find this one a perfect place to begin. --Associated Press
An absolute master . . . Slaughter creates some wonderfully complex and mature female characters, a distinctive achievement in the world of thrillers. --Chicago Tribune
Slaughter has always known how to pace the suspense in her stellar crime novels, but she really outdoes herself here. . . . [She] reveals the heart and soul of her characters within a highly choreographed, unrelentingly suspenseful plot. -- Booklist (starred review)