Karin Slaughter - Martin Misunderstood

Karin Slaughter grew up in a small south Georgia townand has been writing short stories and novels since shewas a child. She is the author of the Grant County seriesof international bestsellers Blindsighted, Kisscut, A FaintCold Fear, Indelible, Faithless and Skin Privilege, andthe bestselling thrillers set in Atlanta, Triptych andFractured. She is also the editor of Like A Charm, acollaboration of British and American crime fictionwriters. She lives in Atlanta.

Praise for Karin Slaughter

'Without doubt an accomplished, compelling and complex
tale, with page-turning power aplenty' Daily Express

'No one does American small-town evil more chillingly...
Slaughter tells a dark story that grips and doesn't let go'
The Times

'A great read... crime fiction at its finest' MICHAEL CONNELLY

'Slaughter deftly turns all assumptions on their head... Her
ability to make you buy into one reality, then another, means
that the surprises and the violent scenes keep coming'
Time Out

'A fast-paced and unsettling story... A compelling and
fluid read' Daily Telegraph

'Criminally spectacular' OK!

'Slaughter's plotting is relentless, piling on surprises and
twists... A good read that should come with a psychological
health warning' Guardian

'Slaughter knows exactly when to ratchet up the menace, and
when to loiter on the more personal and emotional aspects of
the victims. Thoroughly gripping, yet thoroughly gruesome
stuff' Daily Mirror

'The writing is lean and mean, and the climax will blow
you away' Independent

'Karin Slaughter is a fearless writer. She takes us to the deep,
dark places other novelists don't dare to go... one of the
boldest thriller writers working today' TESS GERRITSEN

'Brilliantly chilling' heat

'Confirms her at the summit of the school of writers
specialising in forensic medicine and terror... Slaughter's
characters talk in believable dialogue. She's excellent at
portraying the undertones and claustrophobia of
communities where everyone knows everyone else's business,
and even better at creating an atmosphere of lurking evil'
The Times

'A salutary reminder that Slaughter is one of the most riveting
writers in the field today'
Sunday Express

'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 mystery
writers looking anxiously over their shoulders. With Kisscut,
she leaves most of them behind' JOHN CONNOLLY

'Brilliant plotting and subtle characterisation make for a
gruesomely gripping read' Woman & Home

'Unsparing, exciting, genuinely alarming... excellent
handling of densely woven plot, rich in interactions, well
characterised and as subtle as it is shrewd' Literary Review

'Energetic, suspenseful writing from Slaughter, who spares no
detail in this bloody account of violent sexual crime but also
brings compassion and righteous anger to it'
Manchester Evening News

'It's not easy to transcend a model like Patricia Cornwell, but
Slaughter does so in a thriller whose breakneck plotting and
not-for-the-squeamish forensics provide grim manifestations
of a deeper evil her mystery trumpets without ever quite
containing' Kirkus Reviews

'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' DENISE MINA

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

Also by Karin Slaughter

Blindsighted
Kisscut
A Faint Cold Fear
Indelible
Faithless
Triptych
Skin Privilege
Fractured

Like a Charm (Ed.)

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