Pretty Girls, Karin Slaughter
Pretty Girls, Karin Slaughter
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Pretty Girls

Bestseller

Author: Karin Slaughter

Narrator: Kathleen Early

Unabridged: 20 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/29/2015

Synopsis

Lee Child says it’s “stunning… certain to be a book of the year.” Kathy Reichs calls it “extraordinary… a major achievement.”Jeffery Deaver says that “fiction doesn’t get any better than this.” Gillian Flynn says of Karin Slaughter: “I’d follow her anywhere.” See for yourself what these #1 New York Times-bestselling authors are talking about. 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.Included with this gripping thriller is Karin Slaughter’s chilling short story “Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes.”

About Karin Slaughter

American born author, Karin Slaughter, became an overnight success with her first novel in 2001, Blindsighted. It was an international success, being published in about 30 languages. It made the final cut for the Crime Writer's Association's Dagger Award for best first novel. Slaughter has a total of sixteen novels, and her newest novel, The Kept Woman, was published in 2016.

Slaughter was born in a small southern Georgia town, but now resides in big city Atlanta. She is a participant in the DeKalb County "Save the Libraries" program. All of her novels are currently in development for film and television

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deanna on September 24, 2015

In 1991 Julia Carroll disappeared. Her body was never found. In the following years the family coped in very different ways. The mother while forever quietly grieving, moved on and made a new life for herself. The father spent years looking for any clue as to what happened. Sisters Claire and Lydia......more

Goodreads review by Karin on January 31, 2015

Authors are always asked where they get their ideas, and the truth is that most of the time we don't know. An idea is a weird thing--usually, it's like a grain of sand that your brain worries into a pearl. When did the sand start to turn into something shiny and beautiful? No way to know. WIth PRETTY......more

Goodreads review by Emily on July 19, 2023

Unpopular opinion but I didn't like this book. I did listen to it as an audiobook which might not have been the best idea. Karin Slaughter is on my never reading again list. While her books are quite popular, I find them too sexually violent for me. In a gratuitous way. I never thought I'd find books......more

Goodreads review by Kat on May 19, 2020

i love any book that packs a punch, and this one really beats the shit out of me every time......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on December 27, 2016

I just want to start by saying I don't want to list any spoilers here; I think this book was so powerful that I would hate to discourage someone from reading it because I took away from their experience before even beginning the book. Wow! This book was heavy. I just can't think of a better word to s......more

Quotes

“A hold-your-breath pedal-to-the-metal thriller.”

Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“A hell-raising thriller…A genuinely exciting narrative driven by strong-willed female characters.”

New York Times Book Review

“Scary enough to have you checking over your shoulder while you read late into the night, unable to put it down.”

Amazon.com

“Narrator Kathleen Early…uses a hyper-edgy tone, keeping the ghastly descriptions understated, allowing the real horror to emerge. With stunning twists and unpredictable turns, Early’s performance of Slaughter’s chilling novel invents a new word for the OED: ‘unputdownable.’ Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

AudioFile

“Packs a heck of a wallop, and while it’s a powerful thriller, it’s also a deft look into a family forced to confront horrific tragedy. Slaughter’s longtime fans will be thrilled. New readers will be hooked on this twisted tale from page one.”

Library Journal (starred review)

“Slaughter shreds your own nerves along with those of the sisters…Slaughter is so uncompromising in following her blood trails to the darkest places imaginable that she makes most of her high-wire competition look pallid, formulaic, or just plain fake.”

Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“This is a complex story that one does not soon forget…It is certainly not for the feint of heart…The reader, Kathleen Early, gives a bravura performance, which greatly adds to the power of the novel.”

Deadly Pleasures

“The fast pace, peppered liberally with shocks and revelations, pulls you in and doesn’t let go. This dark and twisted tale of one family’s devastation is not for the faint of heart, but readers who can take the violence are in for a super thrill ride. This may be the best Slaughter book yet.”

RT Book Reviews (4½ stars, Top Pick!)

“Pretty Girls…is a powerful examination of grief, and thriller fans will get more than their money’s worth.”

Shelf Awareness

Awards

  • Indie Next List
  • Goodreads Readers’ Choice
  • Audible.com Bestseller
  • Amazon Best Books of the Year
  • Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books
  • AudioFile Earphones Award
  • Parade Magazine Top Book
  • RUSA Reading List
  • People’s Choice Award
  • International Thriller Writers Award
  • iBooks bestseller
  • BookRiot Pick
  • New York Times audio bestseller
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