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Girl, Forgotten
- Author
- Karin Slaughter
- Narrator
- Kathleen Early
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 23 June 2022
- Run Time
- 15 hours 46 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Psychological thriller, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
- Rating
- 4.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
A girl with a secret…
Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for prom night, the highlight of any high school experience. But Emily has a secret. And by the end of the evening, she will be dead.
A murder that remains a mystery…
Forty years later, Emily’s murder remains unsolved. Her friends closed ranks, her family retreated inwards, the community moved on. But all that’s about to change.
One final chance to uncover a killer…
Andrea Oliver arrives in town with a simple assignment: to protect a judge receiving death threats. But her assignment is a cover. Because, in reality, Andrea is here to find justice for Emily – and to uncover the truth before the killer decides to silence her too…
‘This thriller delivers. It’s twisty, touching and intense. I find it totally absorbing’ Adele Parks, author of One Last Secret
‘This first-class detective thriller is a dark, sophisticated gem of a read’ Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal
‘An effortlessly accomplished thriller’ The Times
Critics Review
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‘This thriller delivers. It’s twisty, touching and intense. I find it totally absorbing’ Adele Parks, author of One Last Secret
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‘This first-class detective thriller is a dark, sophisticated gem of a read’ Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal
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‘An effortlessly accomplished thriller’ The Times
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Praise for Karin Slaughter
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‘Heart-stopping one moment, heart-breaking the next’ Cara Hunter, author of All the Rage
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‘Her heroines are believable, flawed and courageous’ Oyinkan Braithwaite, author of My Sister, The Serial Killer
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‘Absorbing’ Sunday Times
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‘I’d follow her anywhere’ Gillian Flynn
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‘One of the boldest thriller writers working today’ Tess Gerritsen
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‘Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled’ Michael Connelly
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‘Passion, intensity, and humanity’ Lee Child
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‘A writer of extraordinary talents’ Kathy Reichs
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‘Fiction doesn't get any better than this’ Jeffery Deaver
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‘A great writer at the peak of her powers’ Peter James
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'Karin Slaughter has – by far – the best name of all of us mystery novelists' James Patterson
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‘It’s big, dark, rich, satisfying, and bloody – like a perfectly cooked steak’ Stuart MacBride
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‘The queen of the explosive thriller’ Good Housekeeping
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‘Rich characters and deft plotting make this an unputdownable story that will move you to the core. This is Slaughter's best yet’ Camilla Lackberg, author of the Fjallbacka series
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‘A twisty, searingly contemporary mystery steeped in a dark past…catches your breath and keeps you gasping and guessing until the end’ Stacey Abrams, author of While Justice Sleeps
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‘Karin Slaughter is a master of the thriller genre’ Francesca Momplaisir, author of My Mother’s House
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‘Gripping, gruesome and emotionally powerful, this is Slaughter doing what she does best’ Mail on Sunday
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‘As sharp and absorbing as ever’ Guardian
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‘Slaughter’s novel is both a page-turner and a protest about how often sexual violence is overlooked’ Sunday Times
User Reviews
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4.0 5.0
Slow burner at first and did take a while to get going but then it was fantastic
Helenw102 2024-07-01
Details
- Author
- Karin Slaughter
- Narrator
- Kathleen Early
- Duration
- 15 hours 46 minutes
- Release Date
- 23 June 2022
- ISBN
- 9780008303594
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Psychological thriller, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
- Rating
- 4.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
The stunning new thriller from No.1 bestseller Karin Slaughter, author of The Good Daughter, Pieces of Her, Will Trent and the North Falls series A girl with a secret… Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for prom night, the highlight of any high school experience. But Emily has a secret. And by the end of the evening, she will be dead. A murder that remains a mystery… Forty years later, Emily’s murder remains unsolved. Her friends closed ranks, her family retreated inwards, the community moved on. But all that’s about to change. One final chance to uncover a killer… Andrea Oliver arrives in town with a simple assignment: to protect a judge receiving death threats. But her assignment is a cover. Because, in reality, Andrea is here to find justice for Emily – and to uncover the truth before the killer decides to silence her too… ‘This thriller delivers. It’s twisty, touching and intense. I find it totally absorbing’ Adele Parks, author of One Last Secret ‘This first-class detective thriller is a dark, sophisticated gem of a read’ Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal ‘An effortlessly accomplished thriller’ The Times
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