False Witness

The stunning thriller from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Good Daughter and the North Falls series

Two sisters

One secret

Someone knows what they did…

Leigh doesn’t like to talk about her sister.

About the night that tore them apart.

About what they did.

But someone else is about to.

How far will Leigh go to protect her family?

What readers are saying about False Witness

‘WOW!!! I absolutely loved it’ ★★★★★

‘My favourite book of 2021’ ★★★★★

‘A rollercoaster of emotions’ ★★★★★

'Wow! What a story!’ ★★★★★

‘A one-sitting read’ ★★★★★

‘I binge-read it’ ★★★★★

Karin Slaughter’s latest novel After That Night was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/e 27/6/22

Reviews

‘Brilliantly real characters, razor-sharp dialogue and a humdinger of a plot. I loved it’ TM Logan, author of The Holiday

‘Heart-stopping one moment, heart-breaking the next. Slaughter at her finest’ 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

‘Dizzyingly dark and breathlessly compelling…Utterly unforgettable’ B. P. Walter, author of The Dinner Guest

‘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

Praise for Karin Slaughter:

‘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

‘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