Criminal: A Novel - Hardcover

Slaughter, Karin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0345528506 ISBN 13: 9780345528506

Publisher: Delacorte Pr, 2012

Synopsis

Karin Slaughter’s new novel is an epic tale of love, loyalty, and murder that encompasses forty years, two chillingly similar murder cases, and a good man’s deepest secrets.

Will Trent is a brilliant agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Newly in love, he is beginning to put a difficult past behind him. Then a local college student goes missing, and Will is inexplicably kept off the case by his supervisor and mentor, deputy director Amanda Wagner. Will cannot fathom Amanda’s motivation until the two of them literally collide in an abandoned orphanage they have both been drawn to for different reasons. Decades before—when Will’s father was imprisoned for murder—this was his home. . . .

Flash back nearly forty years. In the summer Will Trent was born, Amanda Wagner is going to college, making Sunday dinners for her father, taking her first steps in the boys’ club that is the Atlanta Police Department. One of her first cases is to investigate a brutal crime in one of the city’s worst neighborhoods. Amanda and her partner, Evelyn, are the only ones who seem to care if an arrest is ever made.

Now the case that launched Amanda’s career has suddenly come back to life, intertwined with the long-held mystery of Will’s birth and parentage. And these two dauntless investigators will each need to face down demons from the past if they are to prevent an even greater terror from being unleashed.

A masterpiece of character, atmosphere, and riveting suspense, Criminal is the most powerful and moving novel yet from one of our most gifted storytellers at work today.

Advance praise for Criminal

“Karin Slaughter’s best yet by far: All her signature strengths are amplified a hundredfold by the past explaining the present. Reading this book was like watching a great athlete having a career year.”—Lee Child

“Fascinating . . . Slaughter delivers another riveting, pulse-pounding crime novel.”—Booklist (starred review)

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Review:

Dazzling . . . possibly [Slaughter s] best novel to date. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One of the best crime novelists at work today . . . Slaughter weaves a rich tapestry of complex characters with a compelling mystery. Readers will feel emotionally attached to these characters, and their journey will both delight and surprise even the jaded suspense fan. Associated Press

This could be her best. USA Today
Slaughter keeps on fulfilling and surpassing the promise of each of her books. . . . Criminal is full of surprises. Bookreporter
Crime fiction at its finest. Michael Connelly
Slaughter flawlessly executes a gripping crime novel. . . . Old devotees will be thrilled, and new readers will be hooked. Library Journal
The book should be considered one of the best thrillers of the year. The Roanoke Times
Slaughter delivers another riveting, pulse-pounding crime novel. Booklist (starred review)"

"Dazzling . . . possibly [Slaughter's] best novel to date."--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"One of the best crime novelists at work today . . . Slaughter weaves a rich tapestry of complex characters with a compelling mystery. Readers will feel emotionally attached to these characters, and their journey will both delight and surprise even the jaded suspense fan."--Associated Press

"This could be her best."--USA Today

"Slaughter keeps on fulfilling and surpassing the promise of each of her books. . . . Criminal is full of surprises."--Bookreporter

"Crime fiction at its finest."--Michael Connelly

"Slaughter flawlessly executes a gripping crime novel. . . . Old devotees will be thrilled, and new readers will be hooked."--Library Journal

"The book should be considered one of the best thrillers of the year."--The Roanoke Times

"Slaughter delivers another riveting, pulse-pounding crime novel."--Booklist (starred review)

Book Description:

Someone you want to forget is waiting for you. The compelling new Will Trent thriller from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Pr
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0345528506
• ISBN 13: 9780345528506
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 436