Karin Slaughter
Author of Pretty Girls: A Novel
About the Author
Karin Slaughter was born in Georgia on January 6, 1971. In 2001, she published her first novel, Blindsighted, which made the Dagger Award shortlist for Best Thriller Debut. She is the author of the Grant County series and the Will Trent series. Her stand-alone novels include Cop Town, Pretty Girls, show more and Pieces of Her. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Karin Slaughter
Three Twisted Stories: Go Deep, Necessary Women, and Remmy Rothstein Toes the Line (2015) 36 copies, 3 reviews
Meet the Queen of Suspense, Karin Slaughter {promotional booklet with interview and short stories} (2005) 11 copies, 2 reviews
Karin Slaughter 6 Book Collection 8 copies
Will Trent: Books 5-7: A Karin Slaughter Thriller Collection Featuring Fallen, Criminal, and Unseen 7 copies, 4 reviews
Grant County Series 5 Books Collection Set By Karin Slaughter (Faint Cold Fear, Kisscut, Indelible, Faithless, Blindsighted) (2022) 3 copies
Qui siamo tutti colpevoli 2 copies
The Night Before She Died 1 copy
Tripych 1 copy
L'oro del baratro 1 copy
Non fidarti di lui 1 copy
Capelli biondi occhi azzurri 1 copy
Ninguém Pode Saber 1 copy
Viimeinen leski 1 copy
Siksi valehtelimme 1 copy
Will Trent Broke 1 copy
Триптих 1 copy
La mia vendetta 1 copy
Matchup 1 copy
DREH DICH NICHT UM 1 copy
Associated Works
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- Canonical name
- Slaughter, Karin
- Other names
- Slotere, Karīna
- Birthdate
- 1971-01-06
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- crime novelist
- Agent
- Victoria Sanders (Victoria Sanders and Associates)
- Short biography
- Karin Slaughter (born January 6, 1971) is an American crime writer. The author of eighteen novels, Slaughter has sold more than 35 million copies of her books, which have been published in 37 languages and have debuted at #1 in the United Kingdom, Germany, and The Netherlands. Her first novel, Blindsighted (2001), was published in 27 languages and made the Crime Writers' Association's Dagger Award shortlist for "Best Thriller Debut" of 2001. She is also the 2015 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger winner for novel Cop Town. Her novel, Pieces of Her, was published in 2018. The novel will be adapted into a television series of the same name and it will be released on Netflix.
Slaughter is a library advocate and founded Save the Libraries, a non-profit organization that campaigns to support US public libraries. The Save the Libraries fund has provided over $300,000 to the DeKalb County Public Library in Atlanta, Georgia.
Characters from Slaughter's two main series, Grant County and Will Trent (Atlanta), were brought together in her novels Undone (2009), titled Genesis internationally, and Broken (2010). In these novels, Will Trent and Sara Linton work cases set in Atlanta and Grant County, respectively. - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Georgia, USA
- Places of residence
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Georgia, USA
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Reviews
North Falls, Georgia is a fictional small town in the southwestern part of Georgia where everyone knows everyone else, but everyone has secrets to hide. It is part of (also fictional) Clifton County, most of which is run by the Clifton family. Police officer Emmy Clifton, 30, the principal narrator, is daughter of the Sheriff, Gerald Clifton.
The story begins on July 4 at an Independence Day celebration. It was also the day when Madison Dalrymple turned 15. Madison was the daughter of show more Emmy’s best friend, Hannah, and was like a daughter to Emmy as well. Madison and her best friend Cheyenne intended to meet up at the fireworks, but instead, both went missing.
The race to find the girls is terrifying. Emmy knew the statistics about child abductions - especially the fact that within 24 hours, virtually all of the victims were dead. It was also true that fewer than one percent of abductions are committed by random strangers. She and Gerald thought they knew everyone in their town well - but did they really?
There are more twists and turns than usual for Slaughter in this novel that keeps surprising you until the end.
Discussion: Slaughter is determined to bring readers’ attention to awful things done to girls and women, but in the process, she perforce writes about awful things actually done to girls and women. Thus, while the characters are fictional, the crime data is real. It can be pretty hard to take. Slaughter makes the reading experience rewarding nevertheless; her compassion as well as her anger over abuse by men trying to assert power and control over females is clearly expressed and always a part of her stories.
Karin Slaughter simply never disappoints. Make no mistake, the crimes she depicts are gritty and appalling. And yet, the complexity and nuance she brings to her characters make you want to read more of her work. This is only the first book of a new series. show less
The story begins on July 4 at an Independence Day celebration. It was also the day when Madison Dalrymple turned 15. Madison was the daughter of show more Emmy’s best friend, Hannah, and was like a daughter to Emmy as well. Madison and her best friend Cheyenne intended to meet up at the fireworks, but instead, both went missing.
The race to find the girls is terrifying. Emmy knew the statistics about child abductions - especially the fact that within 24 hours, virtually all of the victims were dead. It was also true that fewer than one percent of abductions are committed by random strangers. She and Gerald thought they knew everyone in their town well - but did they really?
There are more twists and turns than usual for Slaughter in this novel that keeps surprising you until the end.
Discussion: Slaughter is determined to bring readers’ attention to awful things done to girls and women, but in the process, she perforce writes about awful things actually done to girls and women. Thus, while the characters are fictional, the crime data is real. It can be pretty hard to take. Slaughter makes the reading experience rewarding nevertheless; her compassion as well as her anger over abuse by men trying to assert power and control over females is clearly expressed and always a part of her stories.
Karin Slaughter simply never disappoints. Make no mistake, the crimes she depicts are gritty and appalling. And yet, the complexity and nuance she brings to her characters make you want to read more of her work. This is only the first book of a new series. show less
I will admit that Karin Slaughter’s novels are not the most intellectually stimulating crime or mystery dramas around; and yet I cannot help but devour them each time one falls into my hands. Perhaps it is just that Sara Linton resonates so deeply with me: her small town upbringing, the way her fierce intelligence, kindness, lack of patience and tendency to overthink everything plays out in her life triggers a sense of familiarity. Will Trent is fascinating as well, again fiercely show more intelligent by also seriously dyslexic, well among other things. It is the characters I find complex and compelling. The gruesome plots are almost secondary, except for the way they play out in the psyches of these characters. It is not so much the plot that drives my reading but the development of the characters, and as long as they continue to evolve, I will probably continue to enjoy this series. show less
Nobody has the ability to take your breath away as shockingly and suddenly as Karin Slaughter. She can menace you with a slow buildup of dread or she can spring violence on you suddenly and intensely. What makes it even more impressive is the fact that she pairs the action with characters that are heartbreakingly, chillingly real. Pieces of Her is her latest impressive stand-alone novel.
Andrea has been drifting along for 31 years. Her mother, Laura, has spent her quiet life as a speech show more therapist in the beachside town of Belle Isle. As the two are having lunch at the mall, violence erupts right in front of them. A very different, very brave Laura emerges right in front of Andrea’s eyes, and it’s all captured on cell phone video. Andrea is a puddle of fear, but Laura very calmly confronts a killer. Now the police have questions and people from Laura’s past are very interested. Because Laura hasn’t always been Laura. Andrea winds up on the run, trying to put together the puzzle of who her mother really is. Both of their lives may depend on it.
Slaughter manages to marry, complicated, nuanced characters with breakneck plotting and intense, in-the-moment violence that draws you as the reader into its midst and doesn’t allow you to view it from a detached distance. The story alternates between Andrea in the present and Laura 30 years in the past. After a start that is a little slower than her previous novels, the story quickly picks up the pace and will have you reading it in big gulps if not all at once.
As great as the action is, the characters are equally memorable. Slaughter takes the time to flesh out her characters without sacrificing pacing. We see that Andrea is kind of a mess and when she winds up on the run her need to get her act together is not just an existential thing but a matter of life and death. Likewise, when we first meet Laura from 30 years earlier, we see how she was molded into the woman she would become. Along with some twists and surprises, you see some parallels between mother and daughter.
Setting a plot in two different timelines that eventually merge is tricky to do well, but Slaughter does it flawlessly. There is not the sense of loss as you move from one timeline to another, but an urgency as each timeline informs and builds on the other. A good book will have you tearing through the pages and enjoying every minute. A great one lets you enjoy it even more as you reflect and relive it. Karin Slaughter has written a great one. Pieces of Her is one of the best books of 2018. Highly recommended.
I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher. show less
Andrea has been drifting along for 31 years. Her mother, Laura, has spent her quiet life as a speech show more therapist in the beachside town of Belle Isle. As the two are having lunch at the mall, violence erupts right in front of them. A very different, very brave Laura emerges right in front of Andrea’s eyes, and it’s all captured on cell phone video. Andrea is a puddle of fear, but Laura very calmly confronts a killer. Now the police have questions and people from Laura’s past are very interested. Because Laura hasn’t always been Laura. Andrea winds up on the run, trying to put together the puzzle of who her mother really is. Both of their lives may depend on it.
Slaughter manages to marry, complicated, nuanced characters with breakneck plotting and intense, in-the-moment violence that draws you as the reader into its midst and doesn’t allow you to view it from a detached distance. The story alternates between Andrea in the present and Laura 30 years in the past. After a start that is a little slower than her previous novels, the story quickly picks up the pace and will have you reading it in big gulps if not all at once.
As great as the action is, the characters are equally memorable. Slaughter takes the time to flesh out her characters without sacrificing pacing. We see that Andrea is kind of a mess and when she winds up on the run her need to get her act together is not just an existential thing but a matter of life and death. Likewise, when we first meet Laura from 30 years earlier, we see how she was molded into the woman she would become. Along with some twists and surprises, you see some parallels between mother and daughter.
Setting a plot in two different timelines that eventually merge is tricky to do well, but Slaughter does it flawlessly. There is not the sense of loss as you move from one timeline to another, but an urgency as each timeline informs and builds on the other. A good book will have you tearing through the pages and enjoying every minute. A great one lets you enjoy it even more as you reflect and relive it. Karin Slaughter has written a great one. Pieces of Her is one of the best books of 2018. Highly recommended.
I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher. show less
The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter is an outstanding, intense, exemplary, very highly recommended thriller. It will grab your attention from the first page, become an obsession, and consume every free second while wringing every emotion out of you. Seriously - this novel is excellent.
The prologue opens twenty-eight years ago. After their Pikeville, GA, home had been burned down by someone who didn't like their father, attorney Rusty Quinn, the family moved into an old farm house. Sisters show more Charlotte (Charlie) and Samantha (Sam) Quinn were in the kitchen with their mother, Gamma, when Zach Culpepper and an accomplice broke into their home, looking for their father. Rusty wasn't there so the men terrorized his family, murdering Gamma, and then traumatize and harm the two sisters, leaving both physically and psychologically damaged.
Charlie is the good daughter. She is a lawyer, like her father, and still living in Pikeville. She is currently separated from her husband, ADA Ben Bernard, when she makes a poor life choice. This results in her inadvertently being on the scene and a witness to a horrible crime and tragedy that takes place in the local middle school. The crime horrifies the whole town and causes Charlie to flashback to the trauma from her childhood. Naturally, Rusty, who believes everyone deserves an advocate, will take on the defense.
The Good Daughter is a wonderfully complex multilayered novel. There is heart-wrenching violence, conflicted emotions and struggles alongside humorous and heart-breaking scenes. The writing is, as expected from Slaughter, excellent - sophisticated, detailed, and intricate. The plot is perfectly presented, with the present day contrasted with past events as more information slowly comes to light. The setting, the character development, the twists... are all perfectly executed. It held my rapt attention from beginning, tossed me around through oh-so-many new developments, had me a messy-crying mess at one point, and finally left me speechless and breathless at the end.
How many ways can I extol Slaughter for The Good Daughter? This is a must-read for all fans of thrillers/crime novels. Really, read it. It is an extremely rare you-will-miss-your-flight-if-you-are-reading-it-while-in-an-airport novel. Read it first, then take the flight. You will thank me for very highly recommending it and then I predict you will look at Slaughter's other novels.
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book courtesy of HarperCollins show less
The prologue opens twenty-eight years ago. After their Pikeville, GA, home had been burned down by someone who didn't like their father, attorney Rusty Quinn, the family moved into an old farm house. Sisters show more Charlotte (Charlie) and Samantha (Sam) Quinn were in the kitchen with their mother, Gamma, when Zach Culpepper and an accomplice broke into their home, looking for their father. Rusty wasn't there so the men terrorized his family, murdering Gamma, and then traumatize and harm the two sisters, leaving both physically and psychologically damaged.
Charlie is the good daughter. She is a lawyer, like her father, and still living in Pikeville. She is currently separated from her husband, ADA Ben Bernard, when she makes a poor life choice. This results in her inadvertently being on the scene and a witness to a horrible crime and tragedy that takes place in the local middle school. The crime horrifies the whole town and causes Charlie to flashback to the trauma from her childhood. Naturally, Rusty, who believes everyone deserves an advocate, will take on the defense.
The Good Daughter is a wonderfully complex multilayered novel. There is heart-wrenching violence, conflicted emotions and struggles alongside humorous and heart-breaking scenes. The writing is, as expected from Slaughter, excellent - sophisticated, detailed, and intricate. The plot is perfectly presented, with the present day contrasted with past events as more information slowly comes to light. The setting, the character development, the twists... are all perfectly executed. It held my rapt attention from beginning, tossed me around through oh-so-many new developments, had me a messy-crying mess at one point, and finally left me speechless and breathless at the end.
How many ways can I extol Slaughter for The Good Daughter? This is a must-read for all fans of thrillers/crime novels. Really, read it. It is an extremely rare you-will-miss-your-flight-if-you-are-reading-it-while-in-an-airport novel. Read it first, then take the flight. You will thank me for very highly recommending it and then I predict you will look at Slaughter's other novels.
Disclosure: I received a copy of this book courtesy of HarperCollins show less
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