We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter

We Are All Guilty Here

A Novel

Karin Slaughter, Kathleen Early, William Morrow

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · August 12, 2025

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller!

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Who it’s for
A tense, immersive thriller with a hard-edged domestic pulse.
Genres
Police Procedurals, Suspense, Women Detectives
Published
HarperCollins, August 12, 2025

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About this book

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller! The first thrilling mystery in the new North Falls series from Karin Slaughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Girls and the Will Trent Series. Welcome to North Falls—a small town where everyone knows everyone. Or so they think. Until the night of the fireworks. When two teenage girls vanish, and the town ignites. For Officer Emmy Clifton, it’s personal.

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She turned away when her best friend's daughter needed help—and now she must bring her home. But as Emmy combs through the puzzle the girls left behind, she realizes she never really knew them. Nobody did. Every teenage girl has secrets. But who would kill for them? And what else is the town hiding? "Karin Slaughter's new series starts with a book that is a knock-out punch... My God. Sign me up for more." — Dervla McTiernan, #1 internationally bestselling author of What Happened to Nina?

Sharp Tension

A tense, immersive thriller with a hard-edged domestic pulse.

Come here for

  • edge-of-seat domestic tension
  • crime-fiction momentum with a sharper bite

Expect

  • psychological unease
  • steady narrative drive

Where it sits

Police Procedurals33%
Women Detectives28%
Suspense26%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Police Procedurals
  • Women Detectives
  • Suspense
  • Crime Fiction
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  • Psychological Thrillers
  • Women's Fiction
  • Family Life
  • Small-Town Fiction
Authors
Karin Slaughter, Kathleen Early, William Morrow
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
August 12, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Police Procedurals