<p>'I'd follow her anywhere' <b>GILLIAN FLYNN<br></b>'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' <b>TESS GERRITSEN<br></b>'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' <b>MICHAEL CONNELLY</b><br><b>_________________________________________</b><br><br><b>The first book in Karin Slaughter's #1 bestselling GRANT COUNTY series.</b><br><br><b><i>She was found in the local diner. Brutally murdered. Ritually mutilated.</i></b><br><b><i>And she won't be the last.</i></b><br><br>The sleepy town of Heartsdale, Georgia, is jolted into panic when Sara Linton, paediatrician and medical examiner, finds a woman dead in the local diner. <br><br>She has been cut: two deep knife wounds form a lethal cross over her stomach. But it's only once Sara starts to perform the post-mortem that the full extent of the killer's brutality becomes clear. <br><br>Police chief Jeffrey Tolliver - Sara's ex-husband - is in charge of the investigation, and when a second victim is found, crucified, only a few days later, both Jeffrey and Sara have to face the fact that themurder wasn't a one-off attack. What they're dealing with is a seasoned sexual predator. A violent serial killer...<br><b>_________________________________________</b><br><br><b>Crime and thriller masters know there's nothing better than a little Slaughter:</b><br><br>'Passion, intensity, and humanity' <b>LEE CHILD<br></b>'A writer of extraordinary talents' <b>KATHY REICHS<br></b>'Fiction doesn't get any better than this' <b>JEFFERY DEAVER<br></b>'A great writer at the peak of her powers' <b>PETER JAMES<br></b>'Raw, powerful and utterly gripping' <b>KATHRYN STOCKETT<br></b>'With heart and skill Karin Slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the last' <b>CAMILLA LACKBERG<br></b>'Amongst the world's greatest and finest crime writers' <b>YRSA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR</b></p>
<p>'I'd follow her anywhere' <b>GILLIAN FLYNN<br></b>'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' <b>TESS GERRITSEN<br></b>'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' <b>MICHAEL CONNELLY</b><br><b>_________________________________________</b><br><br><b>The first book in Karin Slaughter's #1 bestselling GRANT COUNTY series.</b><br><br><b><i>She was found in the local diner. Brutally murdered. Ritually mutilated.</i></b><br><b><i>And she won't be the last.</i></b><br><br>The sleepy town of Heartsdale, Georgia, is jolted into panic when Sara Linton, paediatrician and medical examiner, finds a woman dead in the local diner. <br><br>She has been cut: two deep knife wounds form a lethal cross over her stomach. But it's only once Sara starts to perform the post-mortem that the full extent of the killer's brutality becomes clear. <br><br>Police chief Jeffrey Tolliver - Sara's ex-husband - is in charge of the investigation, and when a second victim is found, crucified, only a few days later, both Jeffrey and Sara have to face the fact that themurder wasn't a one-off attack. What they're dealing with is a seasoned sexual predator. A violent serial killer...<br><b>_________________________________________</b><br><br><b>Crime and thriller masters know there's nothing better than a little Slaughter:</b><br><br>'Passion, intensity, and humanity' <b>LEE CHILD<br></b>'A writer of extraordinary talents' <b>KATHY REICHS<br></b>'Fiction doesn't get any better than this' <b>JEFFERY DEAVER<br></b>'A great writer at the peak of her powers' <b>PETER JAMES<br></b>'Raw, powerful and utterly gripping' <b>KATHRYN STOCKETT<br></b>'With heart and skill Karin Slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the last' <b>CAMILLA LACKBERG<br></b>'Amongst the world's greatest and finest crime writers' <b>YRSA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR</b></p>