We Are All Guilty Here
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4.4 • 9 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The instant No.1 Sunday Times bestseller!
The gripping and exciting first book in a brand new crime thriller series from the international sensation Karin Slaughter.
'A thriller of breadth and depth—a powerful and gripping read' Shari Lapena
'Explosive from the very start' Cara Hunter
'This is a huge novel with an even bigger heart' Jane Casey
'Karin Slaughter is always a must read' Harlan Coben
‘A dark, shocking and visceral story … Absolutely brilliant’ Janice Hallett
'Powerful, beautiful, brimming with heart and grit – an astonishing novel. I adored it' Andrea Mara
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Welcome to North Falls. A small town where everyone knows everyone. But nobody knows the truth.
Emmy Clifton has lived here all her life. She thinks she knows her neighbours. She's wrong.
She thinks it’s just another hot summer night: a night like any other. She's wrong.
When her best friend's daughter asks for help, she thinks it’s just some teenage drama. She thinks it can wait. She’s never been more wrong in her life.
As the town ignites in the wake of the girl's disappearance, Emmy throws herself into the search. But then she realises: You never really know a town until you know its secrets.
Is Emmy ready for the truth?
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'Karin absolutely nails small town America with complex family lives filled with secrets and paranoia' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review
'Brilliant, heart-breaking, tense, disturbing and another impossible to put down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review
'A compelling and intricately woven thriller that will keep readers hooked from start to finish' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review
Reviews
Praise for Karin Slaughter
‘Compulsive reading’ Clare Mackintosh
‘Twisty, touching and intense. I find it totally absorbing’ Adele Parks
‘I’d follow her anywhere’ Gillian Flynn
‘Passion, intensity, and humanity’ Lee Child
‘A dark, sophisticated gem of a read’ Janice Hallett
‘Heart-stopping one moment, heart-breaking the next’ Cara Hunter
‘Her heroines are believable, flawed and courageous’ Oyinkan Braithwaite
‘Never less than nail-biting’ The Times
‘Absorbing’ Sunday Times
‘One of the boldest thriller writers working today’ Tess Gerritsen
‘Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled’ Michael Connelly
‘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
‘Big, dark, rich, satisfying, and bloody’ Stuart MacBride
‘The queen of the explosive thriller’ Good Housekeeping
'Karin Slaughter has – by far – the best name of all of us mystery novelists' James Patterson
‘Sharp and absorbing’ Guardian
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this uneven series launch from bestseller Slaughter (This Is Why We Lied), Georgia police officer Emmy Clifton investigates the abduction of 15-year-olds Cheyenne Baker and Madison Dalrymple during a small-town Fourth of July fireworks celebration. Despite evidence suggesting the teens were murdered, Emmy remains hopeful, nudged toward optimism by Madison's adoptive mother, Hannah, her best friend since kindergarten. As Emmy collaborates with the FBI, she learns of devious characters swirling around the case, including pimps, drug dealers, and a potentially predatory teacher. Her exceptional instincts eventually lead her to the girls' mutilated bodies, and DNA evidence points to local troublemaker Adam Huntsinger as the killer. However, a true crime podcast identifies Adam as the perpetrator of a different crime on the night the girls died, complicating Emmy's investigation. The tension escalates when 14-year-old Paisley Walker goes missing under similar circumstances to Cheyenne and Madison, sending Emmy into another frantic search. Though the narrative is bolstered by strong characterization and a shocking final twist, it gets bogged down with excessive backstory and flavorless small-town scene-setting. Slaughter's devoted fans will find plenty to appreciate, but others might want to sit this one out.
