Fractured: A Novel (Will Trent) - Softcover

Slaughter, Karin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440244471 ISBN 13: 9780440244479

Publisher: Dell, 2009

Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Ansley Park is one of Atlanta’s most upscale neighborhoods—but in one gleaming mansion, in a teenager’s lavish bedroom, a girl has been savagely murdered. And in the hallway, her 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 one of the first on the scene. Trent soon sees something that the Atlanta cops are missing, something in the trail of blood, in a matrix of forensic evidence, and in the eyes of the stunned mother. When another teenage girl goes missing, Trent knows that this case, which started in the best of homes, is about to cut 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: Dell
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0440244471
• ISBN 13: 9780440244479
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 544