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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  Bookmarque | Jun 12, 2009 |  This is the first book in the Grant County series. Grant County is slow country down to its roots. However, an unspeakable crime sends shockwaves through the town. A woman is struck down in the restroom at the local diner. Who could commit such a crime? Jeffrey, Sara and Lena (who has a unexpected connection to the victim) race to solve this murder mystery. Very good book. (  ) apsing01 | Jun 12, 2009 | This came highly recommended and I can see why. This is a stunning debut and Sara Linton is an interesting character. Her relationship with her ex, Chief of Police Jeffrey Tolliver, is complicated but doesn't feel contrived. (  ) riverwillow | Jun 9, 2009 | This author was recomended by a friend and I am sure glad she did. This book kept me up at night reading it to see how they would catch the seriel killer that was terrorizing the town. I am sure I will enjoy the rest of the series. ( ) luvbug11 | Apr 25, 2009 | Spannend vvstokkom | Feb 28, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0380820889, Mass Market Paperback)In Blindsighted (book one of an anticipated three featuring Grant County, Georgia, pediatrician and coroner Dr. Sara Linton), first-time novelist Karin Slaughter comes out swinging in true medical examiner fashion. That is to say, covered with blood from the get-go.
Without warning, the body jerked violently, pitching forward and slamming Sara onto the floor. Blood spread out around both of them, and Sara instinctively clawed to get out from under the convulsing woman. With her feet and hands she groped for some kind of purchase on the slick bathroom floor. Finally, Sara managed to slide out from underneath her. She turned Sibyl over, cradling her head, trying to help her through the convulsions. Suddenly, the jerking stopped. Sibyl is, or was, Sibyl Adams, a college professor who had the misfortune of being drugged, savagely raped, slashed, and left for dead in the toilet of the local diner, to be coincidentally discovered by Sara Linton. Coincidences don't stop there, and neither do the rapes and murders. The next is, unimaginably, still more gruesome than the first and it, too, is discovered by Dr. Linton. Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver is Sara's ex-husband, and mercurial detective Lena Adams, another major player in the ensuing drama, was Sibyl's twin sister. And the monster behind these increasingly more depraved acts? Suspects abound, from the diner's jack-of-all-trades, Will Harris, to Victim No. 2's boyfriend, to Jack Allen Wright who, a dozen years prior, raped Dr. Linton (that rape had been a secret until now). There are other possibilities, naturally, and it soon becomes apparent that Sara's an intended target. A graduate of the Patricia Cornwell school of mayhem and gore, Slaughter has faithfully stitched together a fast, engaging, and diverting read complete with a strong-yet-vulnerable heroine. Characters are nicely if somewhat obviously drawn, the plot is inventive, and the narrative's pacing quickens the pulse straight to the cliff-hanging denouement. And really, what more can you ask of an ME thriller? --Michael Hudson (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:23 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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The characters were pretty good. Lena is the twin of Sybil but that aspect isn’t dwelled on much. Also, her relationship to other cops isn’t dwelled on much either. There are a few lines about the ‘old boy network’ still present in the detectives she works with and there is some latent racism there in addition to the sexism, but that’s about it. Most of the characterizations of people come from the all-knowing point of view rather than from the other characters in the story. One thing I did notice was a lack of consistency in the way people spoke. It should have been caught by the editor but wasn’t.