Most Popular Books by Karin Slaughter

Karin Slaughter is the author of This is Why We Lied (2024), Go Deep (2015), Kisscut (2015), The Unremarkable Heart (2011), Pretty Girls (2015), A Faint Cold Fear (2003).

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This is Why We Lied

release date: Jun 20, 2024

Go Deep

release date: Feb 10, 2015
Go Deep
‘One of the boldest thriller writers working today’ TESS GERRITSEN ‘Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled’ MICHAEL CONNELLY __________________________________ A hallucinatory noir short story from the No.1 bestselling author of the Will Trent novels The arrangement is simple. Charlie picks up a suit from the dry cleaner’s. In the suit pocket is the name of a very important man. The next day, that man walks into the dealership, drives out in a new car, and Charlie gets a fat envelope full of cash. Everyone’s happy. No one gets hurt. So long as Charlie doesn’t cross his business partner. But with one twist of a knife, the unthinkable happens. And suddenly Charlie is in deeper trouble than he could have possibly imagined... ''Go Deep'' is also available as part of a bundle with ''Remmy Rothstein Toes the Line'' and ''Necessary Women''

Kisscut

release date: May 26, 2015
Kisscut
Gillian Flynn says, "Karin Slaughter is simply one of the best thriller writers working today." Saturday night dates at the skating rink have long been a tradition in the small southern town of Heartsdale, but when a teenage quarrel explodes into a deadly shoot-out, medical examiner Sara Linton and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver find themselves entangled in a terrible tragedy. Then a young girl is abducted, and it becomes clear that the first death is linked to an even more brutal crime, one more shocking than anyone could have imagined. Meanwhile, Detective Lena Adams, recovering from a staggering personal loss, finds herself drawn to a young man who might hold the answers. But unless Lena, Sara, and Jeffrey can uncover the dark truth, someone will die again. Mercilessly suspenseful, utterly moving, this is a searing thriller from one of the world''s most talented suspense writers.

The Unremarkable Heart

release date: May 26, 2011
The Unremarkable Heart
From the No. 1 bestselling author of the Will Trent novels, Karin Slaughter. International, multi-million copy bestselling thriller writer Karin Slaughter is known for her compelling storytelling, intricate plotting and her ability to put the reader right at the heart of the crime. In The Unremarkable Heart she has turned her talents to a gripping story that will chill you to the bone. This eBook exclusive includes extra material: the first chapter of Broken. And the opening chapter to Fallen.

Pretty Girls

release date: Jul 02, 2015
Pretty Girls
''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 _________________________________________ FROM THE AUTHOR OF PIECES OF HER, NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES. 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? _________________________________________ 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

A Faint Cold Fear

release date: Jan 01, 2003
A Faint Cold Fear
Sara Linton, medical examiner in the small town of Heartsdale, is called out to an apparent suicide on the local college campus. The mutilated body provides little in the way of clues - and the college authorities are keen to avoid a scandal - but for Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, things don''t add up. Two more suspicious suicides follow, and a young woman is brutally attacked. For Sara, the violence strikes far too close to home. And as Jeffrey pursues the sadistic killer, he discovers that ex-police detective Lena Adams, now a security guard on campus, may be in possession of crucial information. But, bruised and angered by her expulsion from the force, Lena seems to be barely capable of protecting herself, let alone saving the next victim -

The Good Daughter

release date: Mar 01, 2018

Karin Slaughter Book 19 (Will Trent)

release date: Jun 13, 2019
Karin Slaughter Book 19 (Will Trent)
From the No.1 bestselling author comes a gripping new crime thriller featuring Will Trent and Sara LintonIt begins with an abduction. The routine of a family shopping trip is shattered when Michelle Spivey is snatched as she leaves the mall with her young daughter. The police search for her, her partner pleads for her release, but in the end...they find nothing. It''s as if she disappeared into thin air.A month later, on a sleepy Sunday afternoon, medical examiner Sara Linton is at lunch with her boyfriend Will Trent, an agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. But the serenity of the summer''s day is broken by the wail of sirens.Sara and Will are trained to help in an emergency. Their jobs - their vocations - mean that they run towards a crisis, not away from it. But on this one terrible day that instinct betrays them both. Within hours the situation has spiralled out of control; Sara is taken prisoner; Will is forced undercover. And the fallout will lead them into the Appalachian mountains, to the terrible truth about what really happened to Michelle, and to a remote compound where a radical group has murder in mind...

Martin Misunderstood

release date: Jan 01, 2008
Martin Misunderstood
Crime fiction obsessive Martin Reed is the proverbial butt of everyone s jokes. Working as a glorified accountant at Southern Toilet Supply and still living with his cantankerous mother, he has become resigned to the world in which he lives the school b

MatchUp

release date: Jun 13, 2017
MatchUp
Collects stories written by best-selling thriller authors,11 women and 11 men partnered in male-female literary pairings, in anthology that includes contributions by such favorites as Sandra Brown, John Sandford and Eric Van Lustbader.

The Will Trent Series 6-Book Bundle

release date: Oct 21, 2013
The Will Trent Series 6-Book Bundle
New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter is acclaimed for her novels of heart-stopping suspense, edge-of-your-seat intrigue, and richly imagined characters. And when Slaughter created detective Will Trent she broke the mold. While displaying an uncanny knack for reading people, solving puzzles, and cracking cases at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Detective Trent navigates the varied relationships with the women in his life: vice cop Angie Polaski, supervisor Amanda Wagner, partner Faith Mitchell, and Dr. Sara Linton. This gripping eBook bundle contains six novels in the Will Trent series, including: TRIPTYCH FRACTURED UNDONE BROKEN FALLEN CRIMINAL Praise for Karin Slaughter and her Will Trent thrillers “One of the best crime novelists in America.”—The Washington Post “Crime fiction at its finest.”—Michael Connelly “Slaughter writes with a razor. . . . Better than Cornwell can ever hope to be.”—The Plain Dealer “Slaughter will have you on the edge of your seat.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer “Slaughter’s gift for building multilayered tension while deconstructing damaged personalities gives this thriller a nerve-wracking finish.”—USA Today, on Triptych “Heart-pounding . . . Trent and Mitchell, a pair of complex and deeply flawed heroes, will leave fans clamoring for the next installment.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review), on Fractured “A complicated spider web of secrets and tangles.”—Los Angeles Times, on Undone “Addictive . . . Slaughter is a terrific writer, and she keeps the emotional tension high throughout.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, on Broken “An absolute master . . . Slaughter creates some wonderfully complex and mature female characters, a distinctive achievement in the world of thrillers.”—Chicago Tribune, on Fallen “[A] hold-on-to-your-hat, nail-biting story . . . What raises Slaughter way above the sensational is her wonderful way with characters.”—The Washington Post, on Criminal

Undone

release date: Jan 01, 2009
Undone
As Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents Faith Mitchell and Will Trent try to connect two murders to a hit-and-run victim, Atlanta physician Sara Linton becomes more involved in the investigation--an investigation which soon culminates in the hunt for a sadistic serial killer.

The Silent Wife

release date: Apr 15, 2021
The Silent Wife
A woman runs alone in the woods. She convinces herself she has no reason to be afraid, but she''s wrong. A predator is stalking the women of Grant County. He lingers in the shadows, until the time is just right to snatch his victim. A decade later, the case has been closed. The killer is behind bars. But then another young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead, and the MO is identical. Although the original trail has gone cold - memories have faded, witnesses have disappeared - agent Will Trent and forensic pathologist Sara Linton must re-open the cold case. But the clock is ticking, and the killer is determined to find his perfect silent wife.

Match Up

release date: Dec 27, 2017
Match Up
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ... Lee Child''s Jack Reacher will team up with Kathy Reichs'' Temperance Brennan to unmask a cunning killer. Val McDermid''s Tony Hill and Carol Jordan work with Peter James''s Roy Grace on a very unusual murder case. These are just some of the never-before-seen pairings in Match Up - a brand new collaboration between the world''s famous crime writers. Edited be international bestseller Lee Child, this exclusive page-turning anthology promises the same thrills and chills brought to you by the previous collection, Face Off. Read on for the full list of author and character pairings: Diana Gabaldon''s Claire Randall Fraser + Steve Berry''s Cotton Malone Lisa Scottoline''s Bennie Rosato + Nelson DeMille''s John Corey Sandra Brown''s Lee Coburn + C.J. Box''s Joe Pickett Kathy Reichs''s Temperance Brennan + Lee Child''s Jack Reacher Val McDermid''s Tony Hill + Peter James''s Roy Grace Charlaine Harris''s Harper Connelly + Andrew Gross''s Ty Hauck Gayle Lynds''s Liz Sansborough + David Morrell''s Rambo Karin Slaughter''s Jeffrey Tolliver + Michael Koryta''s Lincoln Perry Lara Adrian''s Lucan Thorne + Christopher Rice J.A. Jance''s Ali Reynolds + Eric Van Lustbader''s Bravo Shaw Lisa Jackson''s Regan Pescoli + John Sandford''s Lucas Davenport

Indelible

release date: Sep 04, 2008
Indelible
''One of the boldest thriller writers working today'' TESS GERRITSEN ''Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled'' MICHAEL CONNELLY _________________________________________ The fourth book in Karin Slaughter''s #1 bestselling GRANT COUNTY series. Two armed men enter the police station in tiny Heartsdale, Georgia, and open fire. When the shooting stops, an officer is dead, Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver is seriously wounded, and the survivors—including a class of grade-school children and medical examiner Sara Linton—are held hostage. In a tense standoff that could erupt at any moment into more bloodletting— and with her ex-husband on the threshold of death—Sara must search for answers and an escape in the memories of a time at the start of their relationship when another brutal, shocking crime shattered their small-town world. Because the sins of the past have caught up with Sara and Jeffrey. . .with a vengeance. _________________________________________ 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

Belladonna

release date: Feb 18, 2020
Belladonna
A star is born: Karin Slaughters brillianter Debütroman Eine Collegeprofessorin wird aufgeschlitzt in einer Restauranttoilette gefunden. Für die junge Frau gibt es keine Rettung mehr, und die einst so friedliche Kleinstadt Heartsdale ist schwer erschüttert. Die Gerichtsmedizinerin Sara Linton findet heraus: Das wahre Grauen des Opfers begann schon lange vor seinem Tod. Nach und nach enthüllt sich ihr der morbide Plan eines sadistischen Psychopathen – und eine furchtbare Erkenntnis: Ein Geheimnis aus ihrer Vergangenheit könnte den Killer überführen ... oder ihren eigenen Tod bedeuten. Sara Lintons erster Fall – der spannende Auftakt zur Grant-County-Serie Die Grant-County-Reihe umfasst sechs Bände. Heldin ist die toughe Sara Linton. Sie arbeitet im Städtchen Heartsdale im Grant County als Kinderärztin und Rechtsmedizinerin. Ihr Ehemann Jeffrey Tolliver ist der örtliche Polizeichef. 1 – Belladonna 2 – Vergiss mein nicht 3 – Dreh dich nicht um 4 – Schattenblume 5 – Gottlos 6 – Zerstört »Karin Slaughter zählt zu den talentiertesten und stärksten Spannungsautoren der Welt.« Yrsa Sigurðardóttir »Jeder neue Thriller von Karin Slaughter ist ein Anlass zum Feiern!« Kathy Reichs

Cop Town - Stadt der Angst : Thriller

release date: Jan 01, 2015
Cop Town - Stadt der Angst : Thriller
Atlanta, 1974: Kate Murphy hat schon am 1. Tag beim Police Department Zweifel, ob ihre Berufswahl richtig war. Um sie und ihre Partnerin Maggie Lawson zu schockieren, werden beide zu einem Mordfall eingeteilt. Doch die Strategie der männlichen Kollegen, die Frauen blosszustellen, geht nicht auf ...

Blindsighted Proof

release date: Apr 01, 2002

The Kept Woman

release date: Jan 01, 2016
The Kept Woman
With the discovery of a murder at an abandoned construction site, Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is brought in on a case that becomes much more dangerous when the dead man is identified as an ex-cop. Evidence soon links Will''s troubled past to the case... and the consequences will wreak havoc for Will and everyone around him.

The Last Widow

release date: Jan 01, 2019

Versplinterd / druk 11

release date: Mar 01, 2012

Triptyque : roman

release date: Jan 01, 2008
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