'A thriller of breadth and depth—a powerful and gripping read' Shari Lapena
'Explosive from the very start' Cara Hunter
'This is a huge novel with an even bigger heart' Jane Casey
'Karin Slaughter is always a must read' Harlan Coben
‘A dark, shocking and visceral story ... Absolutely brilliant’ Janice Hallett
'Powerful, beautiful, brimming with heart and grit – an astonishing novel. I adored it' Andrea Mara
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Welcome to North Falls. A small town where everyone knows everyone. But nobody knows the truth.
Emmy Clifton has lived here all her life. She thinks she knows her neighbours. She's wrong.
She thinks it’s just another hot summer night: a night like any other. She's wrong.
When her best friend's daughter asks for help, she thinks it’s just some teenage drama. She thinks it can wait. She’s never been more wrong in her life.
As the town ignites in the wake of the girl's disappearance, Emmy throws herself into the search. But then she realises: You never really know a town until you know its secrets.
Is Emmy ready for the truth?
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'Karin absolutely nails small town America with complex family lives filled with secrets and paranoia' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review
'Brilliant, heart-breaking, tense, disturbing and another impossible to put down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review
'A compelling and intricately woven thriller that will keep readers hooked from start to finish' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review
Karin Slaughter is one of the world’s most popular storytellers. She is the author of more than twenty instant Sunday Times bestselling novels, including the Edgar-nominated Cop Town and standalone novels The Good Daughter and Pretty Girls. An international bestseller, Slaughter is published in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. Pieces of Her is a No.1 Netflix original series, Will Trent is a television series starring Ramón Rodríguez, on Disney+, and further projects are in development for television. Karin Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project—a nonprofit organization established to support libraries and library programming. A native of Georgia, she lives in Atlanta.