Skin Privilege by Karin Slaughter
Lena Adams has spent her life struggling to escape her past.She has only unhappy memories of Reece, the small town which nearly destroyed her. She's made a new life for herself as a police detective in Heartsdale, a hundred miles away - but nothing could prepare her for the violence which explodes when she is forced to return.A vicious murder leaves a young woman incinerated beyond recognition. And Lena is the only suspect. When Heartsdale police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, Lena's boss, receives word that his detective has been arrested, he has no choice but to go to Lena's aid - taking with him his wife, medical examiner Sara Linton. But soon after their arrival, a second victim is found. The town closes ranks. And both Jeffrey and Sara find themselves entangled in a horrifying underground world of bigotry and rage - a violent world which shocks even them. A world which puts their own lives in jeopardy. Only Jeffrey and Sara can free Lena from the web of lies, betrayal and brutality that has trapped her. But can they discover the truth before the killer strikes again?
No one does American small-town evil more chillingly.. Slaughter tells a dark story that grips and doesn't let go -- Marcel Berlins * The Times *
Thoroughly gripping, yet thoroughly gruesome stuff * Daily Mirror *
It's beautifully paced, appropriately grisly, and terrifyingly plausible * Time Out *
Thoroughly gripping, yet thoroughly gruesome stuff * Daily Mirror *
It's beautifully paced, appropriately grisly, and terrifyingly plausible * Time Out *
Karin Slaughter grew up in a small south Georgia town and has been writing since she was a child. She is the author of the Grant County series of international bestsellers Blindsighted, Kisscut, A Faint Cold Fear, Indelible, Faithless and Skin Privilege, and the bestselling thriller set in Atlanta, Triptych. She is also the editor of Like a Charm, a collaboration of British and American crime fiction writers. She lives in Atlanta.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099481843 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099481847 |
| Title | Skin Privilege |
| Author | Karin Slaughter |
| Series | Grant County |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2008-03-27 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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