Girl, Forgotten
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4.5 • 4 Ratings
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- 6,99 €
Publisher Description
The stunning new thriller from international No.1 bestseller Karin Slaughter, author of Pieces of Her, now a major Netflix series
A girl with a secret…
Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for prom night, the highlight of any high school experience. But Emily has a secret. And by the end of the evening, she will be dead.
A murder that remains a mystery…
Forty years later, Emily’s murder remains unsolved. Her friends closed ranks, her family retreated inwards, the community moved on. But all that’s about to change.
One final chance to uncover a killer…
Andrea Oliver arrives in town with a simple assignment: to protect a judge receiving death threats. But her assignment is a cover. Because, in reality, Andrea is here to find justice for Emily – and to uncover the truth before the killer decides to silence her too…
A Sunday Times No.1 bestseller for w/c 20/05/2018, 23/06/2019, 28/06/2020, and 04/07/2021
‘This thriller delivers. It’s twisty, touching and intense. I find it totally absorbing’ Adele Parks, author of One Last Secret
‘This first-class detective thriller is a dark, sophisticated gem of a read’ Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal
‘An effortlessly accomplished thriller’ The Times
Reviews
‘This thriller delivers. It’s twisty, touching and intense. I find it totally absorbing’ Adele Parks, author of One Last Secret
‘This first-class detective thriller is a dark, sophisticated gem of a read’ Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal
‘An effortlessly accomplished thriller’ The Times
Praise for Karin Slaughter
‘Heart-stopping one moment, heart-breaking the next’ Cara Hunter, author of All the Rage
‘Her heroines are believable, flawed and courageous’ Oyinkan Braithwaite, author of My Sister, The Serial Killer
‘Absorbing’ Sunday Times
‘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
‘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
'Karin Slaughter has – by far – the best name of all of us mystery novelists' James Patterson
‘It’s big, dark, rich, satisfying, and bloody – like a perfectly cooked steak’ Stuart MacBride
‘The queen of the explosive thriller’ Good Housekeeping
‘Rich characters and deft plotting make this an unputdownable story that will move you to the core. This is Slaughter's best yet’ Camilla Lackberg, author of the Fjallbacka series
‘A twisty, searingly contemporary mystery steeped in a dark past…catches your breath and keeps you gasping and guessing until the end’ Stacey Abrams, author of While Justice Sleeps
‘Karin Slaughter is a master of the thriller genre’ Francesca Momplaisir, author of My Mother’s House
‘Gripping, gruesome and emotionally powerful, this is Slaughter doing what she does best’ Mail on Sunday
‘As sharp and absorbing as ever’ Guardian
‘Slaughter’s novel is both a page-turner and a protest about how often sexual violence is overlooked’ Sunday Times
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Slaughter's gripping follow-up to 2018's Pieces of Her takes Andrea Oliver, a newly minted U.S. marshal, and her partner, Deputy Leonard Bible, to Longbill Beach, Del., to protect federal judge Esther Vaughn, who has received a series of threatening letters. Longbill Beach happens to have been the childhood hometown of Andrea's psychopathic father, Clayton Morrow, who was convicted of domestic terrorism and is now up for parole. Andrea believes Clayton poses a threat to her mother's safety if he's released from prison. In 1982, Clayton was a suspect in the murder of Judge Vaughn's 18-year-old daughter, Emily. If Andrea can prove Clayton guilty of this crime, he will remain behind bars. Deputy Bible, too, has a private agenda and is looking into a series of suicides that have occurred in the area. Captivating flashbacks follow Emily in the period leading up to her death as she engages in a Columbo-inspired investigation of her own. Was what happened to Emily a prelude to even more horrific crimes? Andrea's complicated backstory at times slows the pace, but readers eager to see justice for Emily will keep turning the pages. Slaughter reliably entertains.
