Book description
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. And what seems at first
to be a terrible but individual catastrophe proves to have 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 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's
going to happen again...
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.
