Karin Slaughter

Två kvinnliga poliser. En tid i förändring. En stad på randen till uppror. Det är 1974 och Atlanta skakas av ett brutalt polismord. Samtidigt undrar den unga polisen Kate Murphy om hennes första dag på jobbet också kommer bli den sista att vara kvinna inom den mansdominerade polisen är allt annat än enkelt. Det vet redan Maggie Lawson, som gått i sina bröders fotspår och ständigt måste hävda sig inför deras cyniska blickar. När Kate och Maggie stängs ute från jakten på polismördaren når deras ilska och frustration slutligen kokpunkten. De startar en egen utredning. Snart blir de varse att de måste riskera allt för att bevisa att de har vad som krävs. De fördärvade är nominerad till Årets bästa översatta kriminalroman 2017 av Svenska Deckarakademin. De fördärvade är en riktig käftsmäll till polisroman, skriven av mästaren på personporträtt, miljöbeskrivningar och spänning. Karin Slaughter är, som alltid, en virtuos när det gäller personporträtt. SydsvenskanKarin Slaughter är en av de bästa amerikanska thrillerförfattarna. The Washington PostKarin Slaughter är helt enkelt en av de skickligaste thrillerförfattarna av i dag, och i De fördärvade är hon i sitt esse. Gillian FlynnDe fängslande karaktärerna, den tidstypiska miljön och en fascinerande plot gör den här boken till en av Slaughters bästa. Booklist---Karin Slaughter är en av världens mest lästa och hyllade författare. Hennes böcker har givits ut i 120 länder och sålts i mer än 35 miljoner exemplar. Hon har hittills skrivit 20 böcker, inklusive serierna om Grant County och Will Trent, samt Edgar-nominerade De fördärvade och flera böcker som gått direkt upp på Sunday Times topplista; De vackraste, Den goda dottern, Bilder av henne och Den sista änkan. Slaughter är grundare av Save the Libraries en välgörenhetsorganisation som stödjer bibliotek och dess verksamhet. Karin Slaughter är född i Georgia och bor i Atlanta. Hennes fristående spänningsroman Bilder av henne produceras just nu för Netflix och Grant County- och Will Trent-serierna är också under produktion för teve.

A stunning novella from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Will Trent and Grant County series.

The stunning new novel from the international #1 bestselling author -- a searing, spellbinding blend of cold-case thriller and psychological suspense. Two girls are forced into the woods at gunpoint. One runs for her life. One is left behind... Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn's happy small-town family life was torn apart by a terrifying attack on their family home. It left their mother dead. It left their father -- Pikeville's notorious defense attorney -- devastated. And it left the family fractured beyond repair, consumed by secrets from that terrible night. Twenty-eight years later, and Charlie has followed in her father's footsteps to become a lawyer herself -- the ideal good daughter. But when violence comes to Pikeville again -- and a shocking tragedy leaves the whole town traumatized -- Charlie is plunged into a nightmare. Not only is she the first witness on the scene, but it's a case that unleashes the terrible memories she's spent so long trying to suppress. Because the shocking truth about the crime that destroyed her family nearly thirty years ago won't stay buried forever... Packed with twists and turns, brimming with emotion and heart, The Good Daughter is fiction at its most thrilling.

Protecting someone always comes at a cost. At the age of thirteen, Charlie Quinn's childhood came to an abrupt and devastating end. Two men, with a grudge against her lawyer father, broke into her home--and after that shocking night, Charlie's world was never the same. Now a lawyer herself, Charlie has made it her mission to defend those with no one else to turn to. So when Flora Faulkner, a motherless teen, begs for help, Charlie is reminded of her own past, and is powerless to say no. But honor-student Flora is in far deeper trouble than Charlie could ever have anticipated. Soon she must ask herself: How far should she go to protect her client? And can she truly believe everything she is being told? Razor-sharp and lightning-fast, this electrifying story from the #1 international bestselling author will leave you breathless. And be sure to read Karin Slaughter's extraordinary new novel The Good Daughter--available August 22, 2017.

Knust er enda en modig og besettende NYT-bestselger, skrevet av forfatteren hvis varemerke er iskalde, psykologiske thrillere. Ansley Park er et av Atlantas mest ettertraktede nabolag. Men i en luksusvilla, i en tenårings overdådige soverom, har en jente blitt brutalt drept. Og i den elegante entreen, midt i knust glass, står en forferdet mor – som har drept datterens overgriper med sine bare hender. Etterforsker Will Trent er på åstedet for å observere. Men han ser noe som det lokale politiet overser; i blodsporene, blant de rettsmedisinske bevisene, og i øynene til den sjokkerte moren. Han ser noe som gjør han sikker på en annen tenåringspike er i fare, og at morderen fortsatt er der ute. Det er den andre boka i den populære Will Trent-serien, og utgies på norsk for første gang i 2017.

Män och fruar. Mödrar och döttrar. Hemligheter binder dem samman. Hemligheter som kan bli deras död. En före detta polis med tvivelaktigt rykte hittas mördad. Blodiga spår på brottsplatsen avslöjar att det finns ytterligare ett offer: en kvinna. Men nu är hon försvunnen. När Will Trent börjar nysta i fallet leder frågorna till hans eget förflutna. Snart inser Will att hans tillvaro är ett korthus som kan fall sönder vilken sekund som helst.---Karin Slaughter har skrivit en psykologisk thriller som är så spännande att det är fysiskt plågsamt att avbryta läsningen. De fångade är ett mästerverk: intelligent, välskriven och med personporträtt som man bär med sig länge.---Karin Slaughter bor i Atlanta i USA. Hennes första roman, Blindbock, blev en stor internationell framgång och är översatt till nästan 30 språk. Slaughter har sålt 35 miljoner böcker världen över. Hennes roman De vackraste nominerades till Årets bästa översatta kriminalroman av Svenska Deckarakademin 2015. Årets bästa deckare. Dagens Nyheter om De vackrasteDen bästa deckare jag någonsin läst. P4 Skaraborg om De vackrasteKarin Slaughter är, som alltid, en virtuos när det gäller personporträtt. SydsvenskanKarin Slaughter är en av världens mest lästa och hyllade författare. Hennes böcker har givits ut i 120 länder och sålts i mer än 35 miljoner exemplar. Hon har hittills skrivit 20 böcker, inklusive serierna om Grant County och Will Trent, samt Edgar-nominerade De fördärvade och flera böcker som gått direkt upp på Sunday Times topplista; De vackraste, Den goda dottern, Bilder av henne och Den sista änkan. Slaughter är grundare av Save the Libraries en välgörenhetsorganisation som stödjer bibliotek och dess verksamhet. Karin Slaughter är född i Georgia och bor i Atlanta. Hennes fristående spänningsroman Bilder av henne produceras just nu för Netflix och Grant County- och Will Trent-serierna är också under produktion för teve.

A body is discovered in an empty Atlanta warehouse. It's the body of an ex-cop, and from the moment Special Agent Will Trent walks in he knows this could be the most devastating case of his career. Bloody footprints leading away from the scene reveal that another victim - a woman - has left the scene and vanished into thin air.

WATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC "Part True Detective, part The Girl on the Train. All parts gripping." --theSkimm The New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her returns with an electrifying, emotionally complex thriller that plunges Will Trent into the darkest depths of a mystery that just might destroy him. Husbands and wives. Mothers and daughters. The past and the future. Secrets bind them. And secrets can destroy them. 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. Studying the body, Sara Linton--the GBI's newest medical examiner and Will's lover--realizes that the extensive blood loss didn't belong to the corpse. Sure enough, bloody footprints leading away from the scene indicate there is another victim--a woman--who has vanished . . . and who will die soon if she isn't found. Will is already compromised, because the site belongs to the city's most popular citizen: a wealthy, powerful, and politically connected athlete protected by the world's most expensive lawyers--a man who's already gotten away with rape, despite Will's exhaustive efforts to put him away. But the worst is yet to come. Evidence soon links Will's troubled past to the case . . . and the consequences will tear through his life with the force of a tornado, wreaking havoc for Will and everyone around him, including his colleagues, family, friends--and even the suspects he pursues. Relentlessly suspenseful and furiously paced, peopled with conflicted, fallible characters who leap from the page, The Kept Woman is a seamless blend of twisty police procedural and ingenious psychological thriller -- a searing, unforgettable novel of love, loss, and redemption.

Lee Child says it s stunning certain to be a book of the year. Kathy Reichs calls it extraordinary a major achievement. Jeffery Deaver says that fiction doesn't get any better than this. Gillian Flynn says of Karin Slaughter: I d follow her anywhere. See for yourself what these #1 New York Times-bestselling authors are talking about. Sisters. Strangers. Survivors. More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia s teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss a devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's husband is killed. The disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart: what could connect them? Forming a wary truce, the surviving sisters look to the past to find the truth, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago . . . and uncovering the possibility of redemption, and revenge, where they least expect it. Powerful, poignant, and utterly gripping, packed with indelible characters and unforgettable twists, Pretty Girls is a masterful novel from one of the finest writers working today. "

Lee Child says it's "stunning... certain to be a book of the year." Kathy Reichs calls it "extraordinary... a major achievement." Gillian Flynn says of Karin Slaughter: "I'd follow her anywhere." Sisters. Strangers. Survivors. More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia's teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss--a devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's husband is killed. The disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart: what could connect them? Forming a wary truce, the surviving sisters look to the past to find the truth, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago . . . and uncovering the possibility of redemption, and revenge, where they least expect it. Powerful, poignant, and utterly gripping, packed with indelible characters and unforgettable twists, Pretty Girls is a masterful novel from one of the finest writers working today.

Maridos y mujeres. Madres e hijas. El pasado y el futuro. La autora del afamado Flores cortadas vuelve con un electrizante thriller, muy complejo emocionalmente y que sumergir a su protagonista en las oscuras profundidades de un caso que puede destruirle. El descubrimiento de un asesinato en una obra abandonada conduce a Will Trent y al Georgia Bureau of Investigation a un caso que se vuelve m s peligroso cuando el cad ver es identificado como el de un expolic a. Tras hacer la autopsia, Sara Linto --la nueva forense del GBI y amante de Will-- descubre que la ingente cantidad de sangre encontrada no pertenece a la v ctima. Con seguridad, un rastro de sangre que sale fuera de la escena del crimen indica que hay otra v ctima, una mujer que ha desaparecido... a la que si no encuentran pronto, morir . La escena del crimen pertenece al habitante m s famoso de la ciudad: un rico, poderoso, bien conectado atleta protegido por los abogados m s caros de Estados Unidos, un hombre que ya se hab a librado de un caso de violaci n pese a los esfuerzos de Will por encarcelarle. Pero lo peor est a n por venir. Las pruebas pronto vinculan el pasado turbulento de Will con el caso... y las consecuencias caer n sobre su vida con la fuerza de un tornado causando estragos en Will y en todos aquellos que est n a su alrededor, incluyendo a sus colegas, familiares, amigos e incluso a los sospechosos que persigue.

"Part True Detective, part The Girl on the Train. All parts gripping." --theSkimmHusbands and wives. Mothers and daughters. The past and the future. Secrets bind them. And secrets can destroy them. The author of Pretty Girls returns with an electrifying, emotionally complex thriller that plunges its fascinating protagonist into the darkest depths of a mystery that just might destroy him. 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. Studying the body, Sara Linton--the GBI's newest medical examiner and Will's lover--realizes that the extensive blood loss didn't belong to the corpse. Sure enough, bloody footprints leading away from the scene indicate there is another victim--a woman--who has vanished . . . and who will die soon if she isn't found. Will is already compromised, because the site belongs to the city's most popular citizen: a wealthy, powerful, and politically connected athlete protected by the world's most expensive lawyers--a man who's already gotten away with rape, despite Will's exhaustive efforts to put him away. But the worst is yet to come. Evidence soon links Will's troubled past to the case . . . and the consequences will tear through his life with the force of a tornado, wreaking havoc for Will and everyone around him, including his colleagues, family, friends--and even the suspects he pursues. Relentlessly suspenseful and furiously paced, peopled with conflicted, fallible characters who leap from the page, The Kept Woman is a seamless blend of twisty police procedural and ingenious psychological thriller -- a searing, unforgettable novel of love, loss, and redemption.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A complex, gripping, and deadly serious novel that reflects anew Karin] Slaughter's abundant talent."--The Washington Post WATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC - "An absolute master . . . Slaughter creates some wonderfully complex and mature female characters, a distinctive achievement in the world of thrillers."--Chicago Tribune "You know what we're here for. Hand it over, and we'll let her go." There's no police training stronger than a cop's instinct. Faith Mitchell's mother isn't answering her phone. Her front door is open. There's a bloodstain above the knob. Her infant daughter is hidden in a shed behind the house. All that the Georgia Bureau of Investigations taught Faith Mitchell goes out the window when she charges into her mother's house, gun drawn. She sees a man dead in the laundry room. She sees a hostage situation in the bedroom. What she doesn't see is her mother. . . . Faith is left with too many questions and not enough answers. To find her mother, she'll need the help of her partner, Will Trent, and they'll both need the help of trauma doctor Sara Linton. But Faith isn't just a cop anymore--she's a witness. She's also a suspect. The thin blue line hides police corruption, bribery, even murder. Faith will have to go up against the people she respects the most in order to find her mother and bring the truth to light--or bury it forever.

"Powerful and complex . . . Karin] Slaughter gradually unspools her fascinating story, all the way up to its shocking conclusion."--Chicago Sun-Times In a small Georgia town, Detective Lena Adams is accused of a vicious murder. A hundred miles away, Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver learns that his young detective has been arrested. And Jeffrey's wife, pediatrician and medical examiner Sara Linton, fighting a heartbreaking malpractice suit, is thrust into the center of a bizarre and murderous case. For Lena has fled to the place where she grew up, careening back through the shadows of her past. Now only Jeffrey and Sara can free Lena from the web of lies that has trapped her--as this powerful novel races toward its shattering climax and a final, unforgettable twist. Praise for Karin Slaughter and Beyond Reach "Will leave you breathless."--USA Today "Slaughter writes with a razor."--The Plain Dealer "Slaughter will have you on the edge of your seat."--Seattle Post-Intelligencer

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Crime fiction at its finest."--Michael Connelly WATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC From Atlanta's wealthiest suburbs to its stark inner-city housing projects, a killer has crossed the boundaries of wealth and race. And the people who are chasing him must cross those boundaries, too. Among them is Michael Ormewood, a veteran detective whose marriage is hanging by a thread--and whose arrogance and explosive temper are threatening his career. And Angie Polaski, a beautiful vice cop who was once Michael's lover before she became his enemy. But unbeknownst to both of them, another player has entered the game: a loser ex-con who has stumbled upon the killer's trail in the most coincidental of ways--and who may be the key to breaking the case wide open. In this gritty, gripping firecracker of a novel, the author of the bestselling Grant County, Georgia, series breaks thrilling new ground, weaving together the threads of a complex, multilayered story with the skill of a master craftsman. Packed with body-bending switchbacks, searing psychological suspense and human emotions, Triptych ratchets up the tension one revelation at a time as it races to a shattering and unforgettable climax.

"Brilliant plotting, relentless suspense," raved the Washington Post. "A new synonym for terror," crowned the Detroit Free Press. The critics agree: no one writes suspense like Karin Slaughter, whose thrillers featuring medical examiner Sara Linton and her ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, have propelled her to the top of bestseller lists the world over. Now Slaughter fuses her unmatched grasp of forensic science and a mastery of complex relationships in a riveting tale of faith, doubt, and murder. The victim was buried alive in the Georgia woods--then killed in a horrifying fashion. When Sara Linton and Jeffrey Tolliver stumble upon the body, both become consumed with finding out who killed the pretty, impeccably dressed young woman. And for Sara and Jeffrey, a harrowing journey begins, one that will test their own turbulent relationship and draw dozens of lives into the case. Lena Adams is one of them. A Grant County detective for years, she has her own reasons for being drawn to this case and a fierce drive to see justice done. For these three people, who have each seen the darkest side of human nature, the body of the murdered girl is but the first in a series of shocking and sordid revelations. Now, as Jeffrey and Sara narrow the field of suspects, they must confront their own doubts and indiscretions, while Lena Adams sees herself reflected in the frightened eyes of a battered woman who may be the key figure in the case. As Faithless builds to a stunning and unforgettable climax, Karin Slaughter masterfully brings together strands of interlocking lives, family secrets, and hidden passions with one astounding truth: the identity of a killer who is more evil and dangerous than anyone could have guessed.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A complicated spider web of secrets and tangles."--Los Angeles Times "A compelling look at how two flawed people work to overcome their shortcomings and combat pure evil."--People WATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC - This edition features an introduction on the origins of the Will Trent novels In the trauma center of Atlanta's busiest hospital, Sara Linton treats the city's poor, wounded, and unlucky--and finds refuge from the tragedy that rocked her life in rural Grant County. But then a tortured young woman becomes a patient in her ER. . . . In the backwoods of suburban Atlanta, where Sara's patient was found, local police have set up their investigation. But Georgia Bureau of Investigation detective Will Trent doesn't wait for the go-ahead from his boss--he plunges through police lines, single-handedly exposing a hidden house of horror buried beneath the earth . . . and then finds another victim. Wresting the case away from the local police chief, Will and his partner, Faith Mitchell, are called into a related investigation. Another woman--a smart, upscale, independent young mother--has been snatched. For the two cops out on the hunt, for the doctor trying to bring her patient back to life, the truth hits like a hammer: The killer's torture chamber has been found, but the killer is still at work. With Undone, Karin Slaughter weaves together the moving, powerful human stories of three unforgettable characters from her New York Times bestselling novels Faithless and Fractured, who collide for the first time in an electrifying race against the clock--and a duel with unspeakable human evil.

Hva kan skje med gode mennesker i møte med ondskap? Will Trent arbeider undercover under påskudd av å være en hard eksfange. Han blir kjent med en sliten narkolanger som tror at Will kan bli en god partner. Men avskåret fra støtten fra kvinnen han elsker, Sara Linton, merker Will hvordan gamle demoner innhenter ham. Selv om Sara ikke har anelse om hvor Will har dratt – eller hvorfor – ender hun opp i samme by på grunn av en politimann som er blitt skutt. Uten å vite det blir de sakte, men sikkert involvert i samme sak. De to etterforkningene kulminerer i et forrykende klimaks.