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Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

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Pretty Girls

A Novel

Karin Slaughter

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · February 7, 2017

Reading lane: Psychological Horror

Lee Child says it’s “stunning… certain to be a book of the year.” Kathy Reichs calls it “extraordinary… a major achievement.” Gillian Flynn says of Karin Slaughter: “I’d follow her anywhere.” Sisters.

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Why This Clicks

Sharp Suspense

For when you want suspense with a sharp, unsettling edge and a fast pull.

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  • gritty suspense, psychological pressure
  • easy entry if you found it through Karin Slaughter or genre shelves

Expect

  • adult-leaning thriller energy
  • psychological horror undertones

Book Details

Authors
Karin Slaughter
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
February 7, 2017
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Psychological Horror · Psychological Thrillers
Reading lane
Psychological Horror

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Publisher Categories

  • Psychological Horror

  • Mystery

  • Police Procedurals

  • Women Detectives

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  • Amateur Sleuths

  • Romantic Suspense

  • Romantic Comedy

  • Workplace Romance

About This Book

Lee Child says it’s “stunning… certain to be a book of the year.” Kathy Reichs calls it “extraordinary… a major achievement.” Gillian Flynn says of Karin Slaughter: “I’d follow her anywhere.” Sisters. Strangers. Survivors. More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia’s teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a sin...

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Lee Child says it’s “stunning… certain to be a book of the year.” Kathy Reichs calls it “extraordinary… a major achievement.” Gillian Flynn says of Karin Slaughter: “I’d follow her anywhere.” Sisters. Strangers. Survivors. More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia’s teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss—a devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's husband is killed. The disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart: what could connect them? Forming a wary truce, the surviving sisters look to the past to find the truth, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago . . . and uncovering the possibility of redemption, and revenge, where they least expect it. Powerful, poignant, and utterly gripping, packed with indelible characters and unforgettable twists, Pretty Girls is a masterful novel from one of the finest writers working today.

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