Karin Slaughter

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

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Series

Works by Karin Slaughter

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Blindsighted (2001) 3,360 copies

Pretty Girls (2016) 3,029 copies

Triptych (2006) 2,928 copies

Fractured (2008) 2,500 copies

Kisscut (2002) 2,449 copies

A Faint Cold Fear (2003) 2,441 copies

Faithless (2005) 2,397 copies

Indelible (2004) 2,319 copies

The Good Daughter (2017) 2,105 copies

Undone (2009) 2,091 copies

Beyond Reach (2007) 2,077 copies

Broken (2010) 1,942 copies

Pieces of Her (2018) 1,867 copies

Fallen (2011) 1,658 copies

The Kept Woman (2016) 1,327 copies

The Last Widow (2019) 1,122 copies

Criminal (2012) 1,093 copies

Cop Town (2014) 1,081 copies

The Silent Wife (2020) 1,043 copies

False Witness (2021) 953 copies

Unseen (2013) 941 copies

Girl, Forgotten (2022) 892 copies

Martin Misunderstood (2008) 468 copies

Criminal [with bonus novella: Snatched] (2012) 445 copies

After That Night (2023) 399 copies

Cleaning the Gold (2019) 349 copies

Snatched (2012) 341 copies

Like a Charm: A Novel in Voices (2004) — Editor; Contributor — 318 copies

Unseen [with bonus novella 'Busted'] (2013) 315 copies

Last Breath (2017) 295 copies

Busted - short story (2013) 224 copies

Triptych / Faithless (2006) 109 copies

Thorn in My Side [short story] (2011) 104 copies

The Unremarkable Heart (2010) 88 copies

Meta-Science: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science [JOURNAL] 2007… (2018) 61 copies

Cold, Cold Heart [short story] (2013) 59 copies

Cop Town [includes short story "Diep"] (2014) 55 copies

The Unremarkable Heart and Other Stories (2012) 44 copies

Blindsighted / Kisscut (2007) 34 copies

Three Twisted Stories (2015) 31 copies

Blindsighted [Abridged] (2001) 25 copies

The Blessing of Brokenness (2012) 18 copies

The Will Trent Series 7-Book Bundle (2014) 17 copies

Meet the Queen of Suspense, Karin Slaughter [promotional booklet with interview and short stories] (2005) 12 copies

The Truth About Pretty Girls (2013) 12 copies

Short Story (2019) 9 copies

This Is Why We Lied 8 copies

Karin Slaughter 6 Book Collection 8 copies

Go Deep (2015) 7 copies

A Grant County Collection: Indelible / Faithless / Skin Privilege (2009) 7 copies

Indelible / Faithless (2007) 7 copies

Necessary Women (2015) 6 copies

Kisscut [Abridged] (2002) 6 copies

Necessary Women [and] The Mean Time (short stories) (2013) 5 copies

Beyond Reach / Faithless / Undone / Fractured 5 copies

SOS Title Unknown 4 copies

Pretty Girls [includes short story "Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes"] (2015) 3 copies

For the love of Elena 2 copies

Will Trent and Grant County 12 Book Collection (2020) 2 copies

Puntgaaf korte verhalen (2021) 2 copies

The Mean Time [novella] (2014) 2 copies

The Surgeon | The Sinner | Body Double | Fractured (1994) 2 copies

The Will Trent Series 5-Book Bundle 2 copies

Fractured [Braille]: Grade 2 (2008) 2 copies

Karin Slaughter CD Collection: Beyond Reach / Fractured / Undone (2010) 2 copies

Fractured, Undone, and Broken (2011) 2 copies

Girl;, Forgetten 1 copy

The Recidivists (2009) 1 copy

Ton pire cauchemar: Le nouveau thriller de Karin Slaughter - Regardez Will Trent sur Disney + ! 1 copy

La Secte des oubliées : Le nouveau thriller de Karin Slaughter, l'autrice de Son vrai visage, disponible… 1 copy

Unohdettu tyttö 1 copy

Epäluotettava todistaja 1 copy

Oro sporco: Jack Reacher e Will Trent 1 copy

La morte e cieca 1 copy

Remmy Rothstein Toes the Line: A Short Story (2015) 1 copy

Corpi. Una nuova indagine per Sara Linton (2021) 1 copy

La moglie silenziosa: un nuovo caso per Will Trent (2020) 1 copy

Stiller Schmerz : Bonus-Story zu Â»Bittere WundenÂ« - Short Thriller (2014) 1 copy

Fallen / Thorn in My Side (2011) 1 copy

Grant County Series 5 Books Collection Set By Karin Slaughter (Faint Cold Fear, Kisscut, Indelible, Faithless,… (2022) 1 copy

The Will Trent Series 5-Book Bundle: Triptych / Fractured / Undone / Broken / Fallen 1 copy

Faithless / Skin Privilege / Genesis / Triptych / Fractured (2014) 1 copy

The Last Widow / Cleaning the Gold (2019) 1 copy

Will Trent Series, 8-Book Set (2016) 1 copy

Fanget (2017) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Library Book (2012) — Contributor — 397 copies

MatchUp (2017) — Contributor — 316 copies

First Thrills (2010) — Contributor — 251 copies

Vengeance (2012) — Contributor — 159 copies

Tart Noir (2002) — Contributor — 111 copies

The Mystery Box (2013) — Contributor — 92 copies

The Penguin Book of Crime Stories (2007) — Contributor — 17 copies

First Thrills: Volume 3 (2011) — Contributor — 10 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1971-01-06
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Georgia, USA
Places of residence: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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.

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Reviews

The Last Widow: A Will Trent Thriller (Will Trent, 9) by Karin Slaughter

The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter

The story moves at a steady pace. Very detail oriented pulling me deep into the story. Alternating between Will and Sara kept me on edge, anticipating the next move.

The plot was so realistic, it was (almost) frightening. Truly a thought-provoking , page-turning hard to put down read.

Karin Slaughter knows how to grab your attention and not let go. I highly recommend The Last Widow to those who enjoy thrilling, suspense filled reads.

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SheriAWilkinson | 44 other reviews | May 12, 2024 |

Will Trent: Books 2-4: A Karin Slaughter Thriller… by Karin Slaughter

I like the continuing characters but some of the crimes being investigated are rather gory, in "Undone" especially.

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drthubbie | May 11, 2024 |

Unseen: A Novel (Will Trent) by Karin Slaughter

Will is undercover on assignment, while Sara finds her stepson has been gunned down in his home. Lena was the partner of Sara's late husband, a Police Detective. As Will gets closer to the truth the two cases seem to be connected.

The story moves at a steady pace , detail oriented puling you deep into the story. Secrets are reveled, loyalties tested, and danger surrounds all involved. I was engrossed from the start.

Overall I found Unseen enjoyable. I recommend to those who enjoy Karin Slaughter a crime procedural. A good read.… (more)

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SheriAWilkinson | 43 other reviews | May 10, 2024 |

Kisscut: A Grant County Thriller (Grant County… by Karin Slaughter

Very good and also very disturbing. Themes of child sexual abuse, genital mutilation, incest and PTSD turn this book into a very dark read. But it is also very, very, very well-written. I can't say that I enjoyed it, but I can say that I was sucked in by the story.

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AliceAnna | 54 other reviews | May 9, 2024 |

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