Fractured - Hardcover

Slaughter, Karin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385341954 ISBN 13: 9780385341950

Publisher: Delacorte Press, 2008

Synopsis

“Breathless tension!” raved the San Francisco Chronicle. “One of [the year’s] most remarkable achievements,” crowed the Philadelphia Inquirer. Karin Slaughter dazzled readers and critics alike with Triptych, her New York Times bestselling suspense novel set in metropolitan Atlanta. Now the #1 internationally bestselling author returns to the damaged landscape she knows so well in a bold new novel—at once a powder keg of suspense, a gritty portrait of a cop’s life, and a searing exploration of a shocking crime and its aftermath...

With its gracious homes and tree-lined streets, Ansley Park is one of Atlanta’s most desirable neighborhoods. But in one gleaming mansion, in a teenager’s lavish bedroom, a girl has been savagely murdered. And in the hallway, her horrified mother stands amid shattered glass, having killed her daughter’s attacker with her bare hands.

Detective Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is here only to do a political favor; the murder site belongs to the Atlanta police. But Trent soon sees something that the cops are missing, something in the trail of blood, in a matrix of forensic evidence, and in the eyes of the shell-shocked mother. Within minutes, Trent is taking over the case—and adding another one to it. He is sure that another teenage girl is missing, and that a killer is on the loose.

Armed with only fleeting clues, teamed with a female cop who has her own personal reasons for hating him, Trent has enemies all around him—and a gnawing feeling that this case, which started in the best of homes, is cutting quick and deep through the ruins of perfect lives broken wide-open: where human demons emerge with a vengeance.

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Praise for Karin Slaughter

'Criminally spectacular' OK!

'Without doubt an accomplished, compelling and complex tale, with page-turning power aplenty' Daily Express

'Expertly shifting back and forth in both time and point of view, Slaughter builds the suspense to a perfect crescendo ... a timely and unsettling read' Publishers Weekly

'Brilliantly chilling' heat

'Confirms her at the summit of the school of writers specialising in forensic medicine and terror' The Times

'It's beautifully paced, appropriately grisly, and terrifyingly plausible. Who says there's anything peaceful and quiet about small-town America' Time Out

'A great read ... crime fiction at its finest' Michael Connelly

'A fast-paced and unsettling story ... A compelling and fluid read' Daily Telegraph

'The writing is lean and mean, and the climax will blow you away' Independent

'Slaughter's plotting is relentless, piling on surprises and twists ... A good read that should come with a psychological health warning' Guardian

'A compelling, exciting read' Sunday Express

From the Inside Flap:

A broken window. A bloody footprint. Just the beginning…

When Atlanta housewife Abigail Campano comes home unexpectedly one afternoon, she walks into a nightmare. A broken window, a bloody footprint on the stairs and, most devastating of all, the horrifying sight of her teenage daughter lying dead on the landing, a man standing over her with a bloody knife. The struggle which follows changes Abigail’s life forever.

When the local police make a misjudgement which not only threatens the investigation but places a young girl’s life in danger, the case is handed over to Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Apprehension Team – teamed with detective Faith Mitchell, a woman who resents him from their first meeting.

But in the relentless heat of a Georgia summer, Will and Faith realise that they must work together to find the brutal killer who has targeted one of Atlanta’s wealthiest, most privileged communities – before it’s too late…

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0385341954
• ISBN 13: 9780385341950
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400