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Pretty Girls

by Karin Slaughter
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
★ 8.00 / 2
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Sisters. Strangers. Survivors.

CLAIRE: A glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire.

LYDIA: A single mother dating an ex-con, who struggles to make ends meet.

JULIA: The sister whose devastating disappearance more than two decades earlier shattered their family.

When the shocking murder of Claire’s husband brings the horror and heartbreak of her sister’s disappearance roaring back, she is forced to form a wary truce with Lydia, whom she has not spoken to in decades. Two crimes, nearly a quarter century apart: What could connect them? Haunted, the surviving sisters begin to unearth the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago . . . and find the astonishing truth where they least expected it.

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Release date: July 2, 2015

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Karin Slaughter

Karin Slaughter

Crime is never black and white in Karin Slaughter’s world—it’s raw, relentless, and deeply personal. With a scalpel-sharp precision that has become her signature, Slaughter dissects the darkest corners of human nature, crafting thrillers that are as psychologically rich as they are unflinchingly brutal. Her stories don’t just unfold; they unravel, layer by layer, exposing the complexity of justice, trauma, and survival.

Born in Georgia, Slaughter grew up surrounded by Southern storytelling, a tradition that infused her work with a deep sense of place and history. She credits her early fascination with crime to a childhood spent in the shadow of real-life violence. The South, with its haunting past and tangled moral codes, became the perfect backdrop for her novels—where the sins of the past bleed into the present and justice is rarely simple.

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Her breakout novel, Blindsighted (2001), introduced medical examiner Sara Linton and the fictional town of Grant County, instantly establishing Slaughter as a force in crime fiction. The book’s razor-edged suspense and forensic authenticity earned international acclaim, launching a career that has since spanned multiple bestselling series, including the Will Trent novels. Readers are drawn to her flawed but fiercely capable protagonists—Sara Linton, Will Trent, and Faith Mitchell—characters who navigate both the horrors of crime scenes and the wreckage of their own pasts.

Slaughter doesn’t shy away from difficult topics. Her novels delve into violence against women, systemic corruption, and the ways trauma reverberates through generations. Unlike many crime authors, she refuses to sanitize brutality; instead, she forces readers to confront its full impact. This unflinching approach has earned her comparisons to Thomas Harris and Gillian Flynn, but Slaughter’s voice remains uniquely her own—blunt, unyielding, and deeply empathetic.

Beyond her fiction, she is a passionate advocate for literacy and libraries, founding the Save the Libraries campaign to support public reading spaces. Her belief in the power of books is as fierce as her prose. “Libraries made me a writer,” she has said, “and I owe them everything.”

With over 40 million copies sold in 120 countries, Slaughter’s influence extends far beyond the page. Her standalone novels, including Pretty Girls, The Good Daughter, and Pieces of Her, showcase her versatility, proving that she can weave psychological thrillers as deftly as procedural dramas. Pieces of Her became a Netflix series starring Toni Collette, while the Will Trent series was adapted for television by ABC, further cementing her place in the pantheon of crime fiction greats.

For Karin Slaughter, crime fiction isn’t about cheap thrills—it’s about truth. In her hands, every victim’s story matters, every wound leaves a scar, and justice is never just a simple verdict. It’s this fearless honesty that keeps readers coming back, novel after novel, unable to look away.

More books by Karin Slaughter

Andrea Oliver Book 3 (Andrea Oliver #3)
⧗ 8.34 / 6
Will Trent Book 13 (Will Trent #13)
⧗ 8.72 / 7
The Secrets We Hide (North Falls Thriller #2)
⧗ 8.00 / 1
We Are All Guilty Here (North Falls Thriller #1)
★ 8.00 / 1
This Is Why We Lied (Will Trent #12)
★ 8.00 / 1
After That Night (Will Trent #11)
★ 8.00 / 2
Girl, Forgotten (Andrea Oliver #2)
★ 8.00 / 2
False Witness
★ 8.00 / 2
The Silent Wife (Will Trent #10)
★ 8.00 / 2
The Last Widow (Will Trent #9)
★ 8.00 / 2
Pieces of Her (Andrea Oliver #1)
★ 9.50 / 2
The Good Daughter (Charlie Quinn #1)
★ 9.50 / 2
Last Breath (Charlie Quinn #0.5)
★ 8.00 / 1
The Kept Woman (Will Trent #8)
★ 8.00 / 2
Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes
★ 6.00 / 1
Three Twisted Stones
★ 3.00 / 1
Cop Town
★ 8.00 / 2
Unseen (Will Trent #7)
★ 8.00 / 2
Busted (Will Trent #6.5)
Unrated
Criminal (Will Trent #6)
★ 8.50 / 2
Snatched (Will Trent #5.5)
★ 6.00 / 1
Fallen (Will Trent #5)
★ 8.50 / 2
The Unremarkable Heart
★ 7.00 / 1
Broken (Will Trent #4)
★ 8.50 / 2
Undone (Will Trent #3)
★ 8.50 / 2
Fractured (Will Trent #2)
★ 8.50 / 2
Martin Misunderstood
Unrated
Skin Privilege (Grant County #6)
★ 8.50 / 2
Triptych (Will Trent #1)
★ 9.00 / 2
Cold, Cold Heart
★ 6.00 / 1
Faithless (Grant County #5)
★ 8.50 / 2
Indelible (Grant County #4)
★ 9.00 / 2
A Faint Cold Fear (Grant County #3)
★ 9.00 / 2
Kisscut (Grant County #2)
★ 9.00 / 2
Blindsighted (Grant County #1)
★ 9.50 / 2


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