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, the bestselling thrillers set in Atlanta, Triptych and Fractured. She is also the author of the darkly comic novella, Martin Misunderstood and the editor of and contributor to Like a Charm, a collaboration of British and American crime fiction writers. She lives in Atlanta.
Without doubt an accomplished, compelling and complex tale, with page-turning power aplenty * Daily Express * Slaughter's plotting is relentless, piling on surprises and twists ... A good read that should come with a psychological health warning * Guardian * Criminally spectacular * OK! * It's beautifully paced, appropriately grisly, and terrifyingly plausible. Who says there's anything peaceful and quiet about small-town America * Time Out * Brilliantly chilling * heat * Confirms her at the summit of the school of writers specialising in forensic medicine and terror * The Times * A great read ... crime fiction at its finest -- Michael Connelly A superior, deeply satisfying thriller * Evening Standard * A fast-paced and unsettling story ... A compelling and fluid read * The Daily Telegraph * The writing is lean and mean, and the climax will blow you away * The Independent *