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Pretty Girls

(2015)
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter’s Pretty Girls is a sophisticated and chilling psychological thriller of dangerous secrets, cold vengeance, and unexpected absolution, in which two estranged sisters must come together to find truth about two harrowing tragedies, twenty years apart, that devastate their lives.

Sisters. Strangers. Survivors.

CLAIRE: A glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire.

LYDIA: A single mother dating an ex-con, who struggles to make ends meet.

JULIA: The sister whose devastating disappearance more than two decades earlier shattered their family.

When the shocking murder of Claire’s husband brings the horror and heartbreak of her sister’s disappearance roaring back, she is forced to form a wary truce with Lydia, whom she has not spoken to in decades. Two crimes, nearly a quarter century apart: What could connect them? Haunted, the surviving sisters begin to unearth the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago . . . and find the astonishing truth where they least expected it.

Powerful, poignant, and utterly gripping, packed with indelible characters and dark, unforgettable twists,
Pretty Girls is a masterful novel from one of the finest writers working today.


Genre: Mystery

Praise for this book

"Stunning family.... Certain to be a book of the year." - Lee Child

"Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivaled among thriller writers." - Michael Connelly

"Breathtaking.... Fiction doesn't get any better than this." - Jeffery Deaver

"Slaughter's eye for detail and truth is unmatched. . . . I'd follow her anywhere." - Gillian Flynn

"One of the boldest thriller writers working today." - Tess Gerritsen

"A great writer at the peak of her powers." - Peter James

"The author's trademark of complex plots coupled with character studies makes Pretty Girls another standout." - Lisa Ko

"With heart and skill Karin Slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the last." - Camilla Läckberg

"Searing, searching, soulful: a major achievement." - Kathy Reichs

"Amongst the world‘s greatest and finest crime writers." - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

"Raw, powerful and utterly gripping." - Kathryn Stockett


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