Zusatztext Powerful and complexThe way Slaughter gradually unspools her fascinating story! all the way up to its shocking conclusion! will have readers captivated. Another fine! dark novel from Slaughter. Chicago Sun-Times for Beyond Reach [Slaughter's] best yet.Her novels smolder with reality. She writes with confidence and precision as well as passion Washington Post on Faithless Slaughter has the courage to detonate her biggest bombshells early on! keeping even the wariest readers off-balance. Kirkus Reviews Heart-poundingSlaughter brings the same raw energy and brutal violence that distinguishes her Grant County series ( Beyond Reach ! etc) to this new series with chilling results! while Trent and Mitchell! a pair of complex and deeply flawed heroes! will leave fans clamoring for the next installment. Publishers Weekly ! Starred Review for Fractured Bone-chillingSlaughter builds the suspense to a perfect crescendo! connecting every loose plot strand in a devastating and unforgettable climaxA timely and unsettling read. Publishers Weekly ! Starred Review for Beyond Reach ! named one of Publisher Weekly 's Best Books of the Year Informationen zum Autor Karin Slaughter Klappentext In the trauma center of Atlanta's busiest hospital, Sara Linton treats the city's poor, wounded, and unluckyand finds refuge from the tragedy that rocked her life in rural Grant County. Then, in one instant, Sara is thrust into a frantic police investigation, coming face-to-face with a tall driven detective and his quiet female partner.... In Undone, three unforgettable characters from Karin Slaughter's New York Times bestselling novels Faithless and Fractured collide for the first time, entering an electrifying race against the clockand a duel with unspeakable human evil. 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 bosshe plunges through police lines, through the brooding woods, and single-handedly exposes a hidden house of horror buried beneath the earth. Then he finds another victim.... Wresting the case away from the local police chief, Will and his partner, Faith Mitchella woman keeping explosive secrets of her ownare called into a related investigation. Another womana smart, upscale, independent young motherhas 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. In her latest suspense masterpiece, Karin Slaughter weaves together the moving, powerful human stories of characters as real as they are complex and unforgettable. At the same time she has crafted a work of dazzling storytelling and spine-tingling mysteryas three people, each with their own wounds and their own secrets, are all that stands between a madman and his next crime. Prologue They had been married forty years to the day and Judith still felt like she didn't know everything about her husband. Forty years of cooking Henry's dinner, forty years of ironing his shirts, forty years of sleeping in his bed, and he was still a mystery. Maybe that was why she kept doing all these things for him with little or no complaint. There was a lot to be said for a man who, after forty years, still managed to hold your attention. Judith rolled down the car window, letting in some of the cool, spring air. Downtown Atlanta was only thirty minutes away, but out here in Conyers, you could still find areas of undeveloped land, even some small farms. It was a quiet place, and Atlanta was just far enough away so that she could appreciate the peace. Still, Judith sighed as she caught a quick glimp...

8220;Powerful and complex…The way Slaughter gradually unspools her fascinating story, all the way up to its shocking conclusion, will have readers captivated. Another fine, dark novel from Slaughter.”—Chicago Sun-Times for Beyond Reach“[Slaughter's] best yet….Her novels smolder with reality…. She writes with confidence and precision as well as passion”—Washington Post on Faithless“Slaughter has the courage to detonate her biggest bombshells early on, keeping even the wariest readers off-balance.” —Kirkus Reviews“Heart-pounding…Slaughter brings the same raw energy and brutal violence that distinguishes her Grant County series (Beyond Reach, etc) to this new series with chilling results, while Trent and Mitchell, a pair of complex and deeply flawed heroes, will leave fans clamoring for the next installment.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review for Fractured“Bone-chilling…Slaughter builds the suspense to a perfect crescendo, connecting every loose plot strand in a devastating and unforgettable climax…A timely and unsettling read.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review for Beyond Reach*, named one of *Publisher Weekly's Best Books of the Year

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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. Then, in one instant, Sara is thrust into a frantic police investigation, coming face-to-face with a tall driven detective and his quiet female partner.... In Undone, three unforgettable characters from Karin Slaughter's New York Times bestselling novels Faithless and Fractured collide for the first time, entering an electrifying race against the clock—and a duel with unspeakable human evil.

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, through the brooding woods, and single-handedly exposes a hidden house of horror buried beneath the earth. Then he finds another victim....

Wresting the case away from the local police chief, Will and his partner, Faith Mitchell—a woman keeping explosive secrets of her own—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.

In her latest suspense masterpiece, Karin Slaughter weaves together the moving, powerful human stories of characters as real as they are complex and unforgettable. At the same time she has crafted a work of dazzling storytelling and spine-tingling mystery—as three people, each with their own wounds and their own secrets, are all that stands between a madman and his next crime.

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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

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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 fro…