"Kisscut" by Karin Slaughter
ISBN: 0-09-942178-X
This is the second in the Grant County series by this new author who has proved herself a match for the likes of Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs.
With her debut novel "BLINDSIGHTED", Slaughter introduced her characters of Grant County, Dr Sara Linton, local paediatrician and medical examiner and Chief Jeffrey Tolliver, Sara's ex-husband and chief of police, as the main characters. There are support characters in Detective Lena Adams, Sara's family and other members of the small police department. While "BLINDSIGHTED" was a heartstopping thriller, "KISSCUT" is an explosive read from its first pages to the very end.
It begins with a night on the town for Sara and Jeffrey when they find themselves caught in a situation that will begin to haunt them forever. Jeffrey stumbles upon a teenage quarrel which explodes into a deadly shoot-out, while Sara makes her own grim discovery in the ladies' bathroom. What then proceeds is a web of mystery and intrigue, as one of them battles with their own guilt, and what appeared to be an individual tragedy becomes something more dark and more sinister in this small town of Heartsdale, Georgia. And when Sara performs the autopsy, both her and Jeffrey are horrified when it reveals evidence of long-term abuse and self mutilation.
What is happening to the children of this town? And when Sara and Jeffrey start to investigate, everyone, including the children surrounding the victim, becomes tight-lipped. Then boys at school tell a different tale of the young victim, painting an explicit picture of something that should not exist in the minds and lives of a thirteen year old. Then a young girl is abducted. And so Sara and Jeffrey begin their journey to uncover the tragic truth that surrounds the victim, her family and friends.
I have one word to describe this book when I turned the final page last night - WOW! What a read! It is fast-paced, thrilling, compelling and even unsettling, but above all, it is unputdownable. Karin Slaughter delves into the heart of an unspeakable crime and speaks for those who cannot in her unstoppable heartpounding and explosive thriller. Her plotting is relentless, with many twists to leave you guessing to the end. One critic claimed "KISSCUT should come with a psychological health warning", but I guarantee if you are a thriller or mystery fan, if you pick this book up you will not be able to put it down again until that final page.
Karin Slaughter continues to surprise with her writing ability and enthralling plots delving into the darker side of crime with her "not for the sqeamish" forensics leading us to a compelling climax.
KISSCUT is chilling, but thrilling!
Submitted by Christina aka Stina
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