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Sometimes a past comes back to kill . . .

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—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.

Review

“[Slaughter] has a bighearted way…and a knack for grisly detail.” (Entertainment Weekly )

“Well–crafted…Slaughter skillfully maintains the tension in the parallel stories.” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution )

“Harrowing…Compelling…Solidly and uniquely plotted…Realistic and believable…Indelible again proves the superb indelible mark Slaughte is making on mystery fiction.” (Florida Sun-Sentinel )

“Lauded on two continents as the most significant new voice in American crime fiction.” (Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia) )

“Skillfully told in both the then and the now, and quite scary on both fronts.” (New York Daily News )

“Gripping…complex characters with credible relationships…Slaughter’s tightly disciplined rhythm and occasional sly humor keep readers hooked right up to the end.” (Publishers Weekly )

“Gripping…complex characters with credible relationships…keep[s] readers hooked right up to the end.” (Publishers Weekly )

“Amazingly, Slaughter manages between past and present stories while maintaining suspense in both.” (Kirkus Reviews )

About the Author

Karin Slaughter is the #1 international bestseller of several novels, including the Grant County series. A long-time resident of Atlanta, she splits her time between the kitchen and the living room.