Tag: Mystery

Esther Verhoef – Alles te verliezen (2008)

Claires leven is geslaagd. Ze is een aantrekkelijke vrouw van in de dertig en woont op een van de meest idyllische plekken in Nederland, in een prachtige gerenoveerde boerderij samen met haar man, de gerespecteede makelaar Harald van Santfoort, en hun twee dochtertjes, Charlotte van vijf en Fleur van zeven. My Score Visitor Score [Total: …

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Karin Slaughter – False Witness (2021)

Leigh and her sister Callie are not bad people – but one night, more than two decades ago, they did something terrible. And the result was a childhood tarnished by secrets, broken by betrayal, devastated by violence. Years later, Leigh has pushed that night from her mind and become a successful lawyer – but when …

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Karin Slaughter – Martin Misunderstood (2008)

rime fiction obsessive Martin Reed is the proverbial butt of everyone’s jokes. Working as a glorified accountant at Southern Toilet Supply and still living with his cantankerous mother, he has become resigned to the world in which he lives – the school bullies now pick on him in the workplace, women still spurn him and …

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Karin Slaughter – Like A Charm (2004)

Desire leaves a man destroyed – a young girl’s curiosity reveals secrets better left hidden – an accidental encounter on a train ends violently – ambition leads to a curious exchange – an uncanny likeness changes two lives forever. A novel in sixteen chilling parts, linked by a glittering charm bracelet which brings misfortune to …

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Karin Slaughter – Blindsighted (Grant County series 1) (2001)

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. 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 …

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Karin Slaughter – Criminal (Will Trent Series 6) (2012)

A woman is found brutally murdered in a sordid Atlanta apartment. But there’s something strange about this particular slaying. Her blood-soaked body bears a chilling similarity to a woman found dead almost 40 years earlier. Could it be the work of a long-dormant serial killer? Soon Special Agent Will Trent finds himself returning to the …

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Karin Slaughter – Beyond Reach (Grant County series 6) (2007)

In a small Georgia town, Detective Lena Adams is accused of a vicious murder. A hundred miles away, Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver learns that his young detective has been arrested. And Jeffrey’s wife, pediatrician and medical examiner Sara Linton, fighting a heartbreaking malpractice suit, is thrust into the center of a bizarre and murderous case. …

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Karin Slaughter – Triptych (Will Trent Series 1) (2006)

When Atlanta police detective Michael Ormewood is called out to a murder scene at the notorious Grady Homes, he finds himself faced with one of the the most brutal killings of his career: Aleesha Monroe is found in the stairwell in a pool of her own blood, her body horribly mutilated. As a one-off killing …

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Karin Slaughter – Fractured (Will Trent Series 2) (2008)

With its gracious homes and tree-lined streets, Ansley Park is one of Atlanta’s most desirable neighborhoods. But in one gleaming mansion, in a teenager’s lavish bedroom, a girl has been savagely murdered. And in the hallway, her horrified mother stands amid shattered glass, having killed her daughter’s attacker with her bare hands. Detective Will Trent …

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Karin Slaughter – Faithless (Grant County series 5) (2005)

The victim was buried alive in the Georgia woods—then killed in a horrifying fashion. When Sara Linton and Jeffrey Tolliver stumble upon the body, both become consumed with finding out who killed the pretty, impeccably dressed young woman. And for Sara and Jeffrey, a harrowing journey begins, one that will test their own turbulent relationship …

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