Book description
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 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.
As a one-off killing it's shocking, but when it becomes clear that
it's just the latest in a series of similar attacks, the Georgia
Bureau of Investigation are called in, and Michael is forced into
working with Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Apprehension
Team - a man he instinctively dislikes.
Twenty-four hours later, the violence Michael sees around him every
day explodes in his own back yard. And it seems the mystery behind
Monroe's death is inextricably entangled with a past that refuses to
stay buried ...
Karin Slaughter grew up in a small south Georgia town and has been
writing since she was a child. She is the author of the international
bestsellers
Blindsighted
,
Kisscut, A Faint Cold Fear,
Indelible
,
Faithless
,
Skin Privilege
,
Triptych, Fractured, Genesis
and
Broken.
She is also the author of the darkly comic novella,
Martin Misunderstood
and the editor of and contributor to
Like a Charm
, a collaboration of British and American crime fiction writers. She
lives in Atlanta.
