Blindsighted (grant County Series, Book 1)

By (author) Slaughter, Karin
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The sleepy town of Heartsdale, Georgia, is jolted into panic when Sara Linton, paediatrician and medical examiner, finds Sibyl Adams dead in the local diner. As well as being viciously raped, Sibyl has been cut: two deep knife wounds form a lethal cross over her stomach.
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''I''d follow her anywhere'' GILLIAN FLYNN
''One of the boldest thriller writers working today'' TESS GERRITSEN
''Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled'' MICHAEL CONNELLY
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The first book in Karin Slaughter''s #1 bestselling GRANT COUNTY series.

She was found in the local diner. Brutally murdered. Ritually mutilated.
And she won''t be the last.

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 the killer''s brutality becomes clear.

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...
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Crime and thriller masters know there''s nothing better than a little Slaughter:

''Passion, intensity, and humanity'' LEE CHILD
''A writer of extraordinary talents'' KATHY REICHS
''Fiction doesn''t get any better than this'' JEFFERY DEAVER
''A great writer at the peak of her powers'' PETER JAMES
''Raw, powerful and utterly gripping'' KATHRYN STOCKETT
''With heart and skill Karin Slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the last'' CAMILLA LACKBERG
''Amongst the world''s greatest and finest crime writers'' YRSA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR

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Don''t read this alone. Don''t read this after dark. But do read it
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This gripping debut novel, filled with unremittingly graphic forensic details, is likely to have Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs glancing nervously in their rearview mirrors because rookie Karin Slaughter is off the starting grid as quickly as Michael Schumacher and is closing on them fast
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Chilling but thrilling
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Slaughter ... brings the story to a shattering climax
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Wildly readable... [Slaughter] has been compared to Thomas Harris and Patricia Cornwell, and for once the hype is justified ... deftly craf ted, damnably suspenseful and, in the end, deadly serious ... Slaughter ''s plotting is brilliant, her suspense relentless
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Unsparing, exciting, genuinely alarming ... excellent handling of densely woven plot, rich in interactions, well characterised and as subt le as it is shrewd ... A formidable debut
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An extraordinary debut ... Slaughter has created a ferociously taut and terrifying story which is, at the same time, compassionate and real. I defy anyone to read it in more than three sittings
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Wildly readable...Blindsighted hits the bull''s eye.
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An unflinching suspense thriller . . . Blindsighted is a promising debut, and Karin Slaughter is a novelist to watch
Biographical note:

Karin Slaughter is one of the world''s most popular and acclaimed storytellers. Published in 120 countries with mor