Pretty Girls

Karin Slaughter is one of the world's most popular and acclaimed storytellers. Published in 120 countries with more than 35 million copies sold across the globe, her nineteen novels include the Grant County and Will Trent books, as well as the Edgar-nominated Cop Town and the instant New 
York Times bestselling novels Pretty Girls, The Good Daughter, and Pieces of Her. 
 
Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project-a nonprofit organisation established to support libraries and library programming. 
 
For more information visit KarinSlaughter.com 
AuthorKarinSlaughter 
@SlaughterKarin

'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' TESS GERRITSEN 
'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY 
'I'd follow her anywhere' GILLIAN FLYNN 
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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? 
 
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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 SIGURÐARDÓTTIR 
 
 
Karin Slaughter, Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, June 2023

The Will Trent Series, Book 5

Fallen

Discover fifth 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+ 
 
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Special Agent Faith Mitchell returns home to a nightmare. 
 
Her baby daughter has been locked outside, and there's a trail of blood leading to the front door. Inside a man lies dead in a pool of blood and Faith's own mother is missing. 
 
When the Atlanta police arrive, Faith has some difficult questions to answer. But she also has some desperate questions of her own. 
 
What were the killers searching for? 
And where is her mother? 
 
Now, Faith's work partner, Will Trent, must piece together the fragments of a brutal and complicated case, and catch a murderer with only one thing on his mind. 
 
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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 SIGURÐARDÓTTIR 
 
Karin Slaughter, Sunday Times bestseller, July 2023

The Will Trent Series, Book 8

The Kept Woman

Discover the eighth 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+ 
 
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When the body of an ex-cop is found in an abandoned Atlanta warehouse, Special Agent Will Trent is catapulted into one of the most devastating cases of his career. 
 
Whilst examining the crime scene, Trent finds evidence of a second victim who has vanished...and who will die if she isn't found soon. 
 
But, for Trent, the worst is yet to come. 
 
Because an unexpected discovery at the scene reveals a link to his troubled past. And the consequences will wreak havoc on his life and the lives of those he loves, those he works with, and those he pursues. 
 
With the clock ticking, Trent must act fast to save the mystery woman's life... 
...and to protect his own. 
 
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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 SIGURÐARDÓTTIR 
 
Karin Slaughter, Sunday Times bestseller, July 2023

(Grant County Series, Book 2)

Kisscut

Set in rural Georgia, and starring Dr. Sara Linton, the town’s pediatrician and coroner, Jeffrey Tolliver, her wayward ex-husband and chief of police, and Lena Adams, the county’s only female detective.

A great read ... crime fiction at its finest

A complex and confident thriller in which character goes deep

With Blindsighted, Karin Slaughter left a great many thriller writers looking anxiously over their shoulders. With Kisscut, she leaves most of them behind

Slaughter's plotting is relentless, piling on surprises and twists ... [Kisscut] should come with a psychological health warning

Fast-paced and unsettling ... A compelling and fluid read

'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' TESS GERRITSEN 
'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled. . .' MICHAEL CONNELLY 
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The second book in Karin Slaughter's #1 bestselling GRANT COUNTY series. 
 
When a teenage quarrel in the small town of Heartsdale explodes into a deadly shoot-out, Sara Linton - paediatrician and medical examiner - finds herself entangled in a horrific tragedy. What seems at first to be an individual catastrophe has wider implications when the autopsy reveals evidence of long-term abuse and ritualistic self-mutilation. 
 
Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver start to investigate, but the children surrounding the victim close ranks. The families turn their backs. Then a young girl is abducted, and it soon becomes clear that the first death is linked to an even more brutal crime. 
 
And unless Sara and Jeffrey can uncover the deadly secrets the children hide, it is going to happen again. 
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Crime and thriller masters know there's nothing better than a little Slaughter: 
 
'I'd follow her anywhere' GILLIAN FLYNN 
'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 SIGURÐARDÓTTIR

The unputdownable crime suspense thriller from No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author

Cop Town

A hunt for a killer in a city on the edge

Karin Slaughter is simply one of the best thriller writers working today, and Cop Town shows the author at the top of her game - relentless pacing, complex characters, and gritty realism, all set against the backdrop of a city on the edge. Slaughter’s eye for detail and truth is unmatched . . . I’d follow her anywhere.

Much more than a thriller ... Karin Slaughter's unforgettable female characters, and stunning evocation of time and place, make Cop Town one of the most powerful and moving reads of recent memory ... A masterpiece.

Stunning . . . In Karin Slaughter’s first stand-alone novel, she breaks new ground with this riveting story of two young police officers trying to stop a serial killer targeting cops. Her characters, plot and pacing are unrivaled among thriller writers and if you haven’t yet read her, this is the moment.

Vivid, gritty and taut, this terrific whodunit keeps you guessing.

Karin Slaughter has long been comfortably ahead of the pack in the field of powerful and disturbing crime fiction but Cop Town shows a broadening of reach: it is a more ambitious novel than any she has previously written. Her achievement here is such that many fans will be happy to see her continuing to devote her attention to similar standalone novels.

This is hardboiled crime fiction from the pen of an absolute master of the genre. The characters are credible, and the sexist, racist, homophobic world they inhabit is brilliantly and brutally drawn. The end hints at a returning series, and we’d definitely be back for more.

The plot, which describes the hunt for a killer, is enriched by the vivid portrait of the place and time. This is a gripping thriller with a feminist subtext, describing the foreign country that is the recent past.

Cop Town is a terrific read, fast-moving and witty, yet as grimly gritty as it gets, so not for the faint-hearted.

'Karin Slaughter is simply one of the best thriller writers working today, and Cop Town shows the author at the top of her game... I would follow her anywhere!' Gillian Flynn 
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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. 
 
But Kate is not 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 city's cop killer, their fury, pain, and pride finally reach boiling point. But are they prepared to risk everything as they venture into the city's darkest heart? 
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Praise for Karin Slaughter: 
 
'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY 
 
'Passion, intensity, and humanity' LEE CHILD 
 
'A writer of extraordinary talents' KATHY REICHS 
 
'Fiction doesn't get any better than this!!' JEFFERY DEAVER

Grant County Series, Book 1

Blindsighted

The first Grant County novel, from the No. 1 Bestseller.

Don't read this alone. Don't read this after dark. But do read it

This gripping debut novel, filled with unremittingly graphic forensic details, is likely to have Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs glancing nervously in their rearview mirrors because rookie Karin Slaughter is off the starting grid as quickly as Michael Schumacher and is closing on them fast

Slaughter ... brings the story to a shattering climax

Wildly readable... [Slaughter] has been compared to Thomas Harris and Patricia Cornwell, and for once the hype is justified ... deftly craf ted, damnably suspenseful and, in the end, deadly serious ... Slaughter 's plotting is brilliant, her suspense relentless

Unsparing, exciting, genuinely alarming ... excellent handling of densely woven plot, rich in interactions, well characterised and as subt le as it is shrewd ... A formidable debut

An extraordinary debut ... Slaughter has created a ferociously taut  and terrifying story which is, at the same time, compassionate and real. I defy anyone to read it in more than three sittings

Wildly readable...Blindsighted hits the bull's eye.

An unflinching suspense thriller . . . Blindsighted is a promising debut, and Karin Slaughter is a novelist to watch

Karin Slaughter is one of the world's most popular and acclaimed storytellers. Published in 120 countries with more than 35 million copies sold across the globe, her nineteen novels include the Grant County and Will Trent books, as well as the Edgar-nominated Cop Town and the instant New 
York Times bestselling novels Pretty Girls, The Good Daughter, and Pieces of Her. 
 
Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project-a nonprofit organisation established to support libraries and library programming. 
 
For more information visit KarinSlaughter.com 
AuthorKarinSlaughter 
@SlaughterKarin

'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 
_________________________________________ 
 
The first book in Karin Slaughter's #1 bestselling GRANT COUNTY series. 
 
She was found in the local diner. Brutally murdered. Ritually mutilated. 
And she won't be the last. 
 
The sleepy town of Heartsdale, Georgia, is jolted into panic when Sara Linton, paediatrician and medical examiner, finds a woman dead in the local diner. 
 
She has been cut: two deep knife wounds form a lethal cross over her stomach. But it's only once Sara starts to perform the post-mortem that the full extent of the killer's brutality becomes clear. 
 
Police chief Jeffrey Tolliver - Sara's ex-husband - is in charge of the investigation, and when a second victim is found, crucified, only a few days later, both Jeffrey and Sara have to face the fact that themurder wasn't a one-off attack. What they're dealing with is a seasoned sexual predator. A violent serial killer... 
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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 SIGURÐARDÓTTIR

Karin Slaughter

The Will Trent Series, Book 1

Discover the first novel in the gripping Will Trent series, from the Sunday Times bestselling crime and thriller author. 
 
'A great writer at the peak of her powers' PETER JAMES 
'Raw, powerful and utterly gripping' KATHRYN STOCKETT 
 
Now a major TV Series on Disney+ 
 
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When Atlanta police detective Michael Ormewood is called out to a murder scene, he finds himself faced with one of the most brutal murders of his career. 
 
As a one-off killing it is shocking, but it soon becomes clear Aleesha Monroe is just the latest victim in a series of similar attacks. 
 
Twenty-four hours later, the violence Michael sees every day explodes in his own back yard. 
 
And it seems the mystery surrounding Monroe's death is inextricably entangled with a past that refuses to stay buried... 
 
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Crime and thriller masters know there's nothing better than a little Slaughter: 
 
'One of the boldest thriller writers working today!' TESS GERRITSEN 
'Passion, intensity, and humanity' LEE CHILD 
'I'd follow her anywhere' GILLIAN FLYNN 
'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY 
'A writer of extraordinary talents!!' KATHY REICHS 
'Fiction does not get any better than this' JEFFERY DEAVER 
'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 SIGURÐARDÓTTIR 
 
Karin Slaughter, Sunday Times bestseller, July 2023

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