The Good Daughter

Karin Slaughter

HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction

HarperCollins

ISBN: 9780008150785

Description:

The stunning new standalone, with a chilling edge of psychological suspense, from the No. 1 bestelling author of the Will Trent and Grant County series.

Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn’s happy smalltown family life was torn apart by a terrifying attack on their family home. It left their mother dead. It left their father – Pikeville’s notorious defence attorney – devastated. And it left the family fractured beyond repair, consumed by secrets from that terrible night.

Twenty-eight years later, and Charlie has followed in her father’s footsteps to become a lawyer herself – the archetypal good daughter. But when violence comes to Pikeville again – and a shocking tragedy leaves the whole town traumatised – Charlie is plunged into a nightmare. Not only is she the first witness on the scene, but it’s a case which can’t help triggering the terrible memories she’s spent so long trying to suppress. Because the shocking truth about the crime which destroyed her family nearly thirty years ago won’t stay buried for ever …

My View:

Karin Slaughter – you are such an incredibly talented writer and story teller. Each standalone novel you write surprises me with its excellence – all have been compulsive reading. Each time I read your latest release I think I have read your BEST work and then another book is published and surpasses all my expectations.  How do you do it?  Actually I don’t care how – just don’t stop!